--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I knew it would get around to this pretty quickly: the poor spend their money > on booze and cigarettes and on other stuff that they "shouldn't" buy. They > should really be more responsible, just like we are (who do not have to put up > with their privations). And as for the 1,000 dentists within a 50- mile radius who > would be happy to treat the "deserving" poor for free -- that's a good one! > Where on earth do you live, Shemp? Is this another Texan fantasy? And who > decides who is "deserving"? Do YOU have to prove you are "deserving" when > you get health care? Do YOU have to prove you don't smoke or drink? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > > > Complacent advice given by those who have much to those who have > > little, > > > I'd say. I don't buy this romanticized "poor but happy" stuff. > > What's to be happy > > > about when your teeth are rotting and you can't afford to go to > > the dentist? > > > > > > > > > > Show me a person who can't afford to go to the dentist and I'll show > > you a person who is spending his money on beer, cigarettes or some > > other such thing that should NOT be a priority for consumption in > > his or her life. > > > > And after you weed out the 99 of 100 "poor" people that the above > > description applies to and you find the actual 1 of 100 that cannot > > genuinely afford the dentist, I would suggest to you that there are > > 1,000 dentists within a 50-mile radius of that person who will be > > more than happy to do pro bono work for that deserving person if > > they truly need it (and that's assuming there isn't a social program > > by the government that will pay for it). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 11, 2006, at 10:47 AM, authfriend wrote: > > > > > > > > > A minister of my acquaintance says there are two ways > > > > > to be wealthy: One is to have a lot of money, the other > > > > > is to have few needs. > > > > > > > > Yep, "live simply". > > > > > > > > > >
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