DD> I wonder how those friends feel about the fact that I pay just $1.70 per
 DD> 100 for glucometer test strips.

   They *know* that it's their freedom that they pay for. I still haven't
figured it out yet, but that's what they've been saying for decades.

   Alas, my freedom seems to cost me just a fraction of what it costs those
friends of his. But then again, my government doesn't waste half of our budget
on offensive weapons -- we try to keep it down to defensive ditto. Has worked
for more than two centuries for Sweden...



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