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To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (69608)	2/19/2010 12:47:03 PM
From: koan	Respond to of 149317

You draw amazing conclusions you know nothing about. I watched most of my relatives who were mostly farmers have to sell off their land to pay for medical bills in old age. So instead of going into the private sector where I could have made much more money, but not get good insurance, I worked for the state at much less money JUST to get health insurance for my family. I was always afraid not to have comprehensive health insurance in case the kids got real sick. I planned that and sacrificed for it. When I took early retirement I had 2 million dollars worth of lifetime medical insurance. I cannot give that away. I could get remarried to some women who needed it. But I planned that one out. So now I have my state retirement health insurance and medicare (which I also had to earn) and I still pay long term health care if I have a stroke or soemthing, so the kids do not have to carry my burden. Although they would. And I do not have a lot of money, but live a very middle class life as I give/gave most of my money to my children, taking care of my mom for 20 yers and helping my ex wives and others throughout my life. Money is not important to me. Still, some people need help, and I do what I can. I keep my rents several hundred dollars below the market as my renters struggle and they are grateful to me even if you do not approve. For you to disparage what I do and believe is your own problem and shortsightedness! Maybe I will have one of the people I have helped post you a respone and you can tell them why I am a shmuck for helping them!! >>millions in insurance??? how did you manage that? I don't understand how someone does that until someone dies. and millions? you like having MILLIONS? trading gold? all that? what has that to do with liberal or decent? that is money. period. you given it all away? Gates hasn't, though he gets good pr for giving 'some' away while he lives in a huge ass home. I dunno. not 'asking' for anything. just curious. my feet are cold after running out at freezing temp to check on my neighbor. you think people are complaining when they are simply talking about real life.. brutal life. you use your mother and grandmother as cover, but they are not you. and I think I know the average liberal well enough to know that the bombs they toss at crackers... well, they wouldn't toss them at non-crackers. what does that mean?