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 RB>BR> CHOICES.  PRIORITIES.  I know plenty of people that can't afford
 >BR> health  insurance but can afford projection TV's and full-boat cable,
 >BR> can afford to  eat out regularly at places that I can't afford, drive
 RB>You are saying "choices" but what you mean to say is that "you have no
 >choice."
 RB>In a society that is supposedly the most freedom that humans can ever
 >attain,
 >there seem to be very few "choices" available.
 RT> There is where you are dead wrong Ryan.  And, this is most likely the
 RT> basis for your misconception of our economic system.
 RT> EVERYTHING you do involves a choice!!!
 RT> Just so you will know what I said, I'll repeat it...
 RT> EVERYTHING you do involves a choice!!!
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Ron,
Huzzah! Huzzah! Very well said. I am tucking this one away for future
reading.
Ryan obviously misread/misunderstood your beginning paragraph when he
replied. He didn't see that those people had "chosen" the items
mentioned instead of using that money for health care.
Regards.
Kent,
... There's no freedom of association without freedom of non-association
--- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30
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