Re: MSNBC (Oberg) - Deadly space lessons go unheeded

From: JazzMan (No_Spam_at_airmail.net)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:46:51 -0600

Fred J. McCall wrote:
>
> JazzMan <No_Spam@airmail.net> wrote:
>
> :Jim Oberg wrote:
> :>
> :> "JazzMan" <No_Spam@airmail.net> wrote
> :> > I have what's considered fairly decent insurance through my
> :> > employer, coverage that I could in no way afford on my own
> :> > since it runs upwards of $6,000/year,
> :>
> :> You can't afford it? Or you prefer to spend the money on something else,
> :> and expect somebody else to pay your medical expenses? Like your big
> :> house, your cars, your vacations? Can't afford to pay for life-saving goods
> :> and services, for other people's wages?
> :>
> :
> :Can't afford it. I don't have a big house, or even a small
> :house. In fact, I rent a lot for my mobile home because that's
> :what I can afford. Even still, my rent has gone up by almost
> :one hundred percent in the last five years and it's really
> :hurting. I don't have a fancy new car, I drive an eighteen
> :year old GM that I can keep running without spending a fortune
> :on modern tools and diagnostic aids. I haven't taken a real
> :vacation in years, well, actually, never. Not in my whole
> :twenty five year working career. Why? The places I'd like to
> :go (Scotland, Australia) cost too much to go to and stay at.
> :Paying for my health coverage would consume enough of my
> :after tax income that I would have to abandon my home and go
> :homeless.
>
> Yet you can afford a computer and internet access.
>
> Yeah, right.
>

Yep, I can afford this P-200 computer that I built out of
junk I dug out of a dumpster and parts I bought on closout
at the local flea market five years ago. I think all total
that I've got about $60 into this rig. Spread out over five
years I think that's about a dollar a month. Big whoop.

Internet access? Sure! Let's see,
get rid of the internet access and save $20 a month, that'll
go a long way toward paying $500/month for health insurance.

I don't have a cell phone, BTW, don't have cable or other
pay TV services (too expensive), and pretty much have
pared my monthly expenses down to the essentials of shelter
and food. I do admit to splurging last Christmas and buying
myself all three LotR soundtracks, that set me back almost
$50.

The whole "afford the internet" thing is a distortion designed
to create a false impression in people's minds. Yep, just because
I can afford the internet I'm automatically able to afford
all the luxuries and toys in life.

Right...

JazzMan 

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