On 14 Aug 04  17:04:25, Ward Dossche got back to Danny Ceppa 
-> Re: A Day in a parents life

 > WD> ... times 1.22 is $54.90. A loaf of bread costs E1.70 here, so you
 > WD> pay $2.07 etc...
 
 > I can get a loaf of bread for $0.79!
 WD> 
 WD> You mean that squishy spongy stuff that sticks to your gums? I'm
 WD> talking about oven-fresh crumby crusty bread without additives. 

That I can usually get 4 $1.29  

 > But our gas is under $2.00 per gallon...
 WD> 
 WD> Been to California lately? That was very close last month. Besides
 WD> that, the gas-price rise has nowhere been as steep as in the US the
 WD> last couple of years. Didn't it about tripple? 

No. It w about $1.70 and went to $2.25 around here.  It'll 
probably go higher again as oil is over $45/bbl 

 
 > Never mind that
 > over 40 million people in this country do not have health insurance.
 WD> 
 WD> Which I don't understand ... everybody here has health-insurance. Bob
 WD> Bashe will describe it as a corrupted social welfare system but it
 WD> doesn't detract from the fact that everybody is accepted in any
 WD> hospital for any intervention which is medically, and sometimes even
 WD> socially, necessary. 

It makes no sense.  But, the insurance industry is one of the 
biggest lobbiest groups in Washington.  



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