[quote user="kabin"]Case in point. There was a young man asking for gas money to get to Indianapolis, this was a few years back. He said his wife and daughter were there and he had to get to them. So, I only had about $5 in pocket, but that's what I gave him. He was going all over the neighborhood, door to door, asking for money. One ...

I've been reading about this and saw info posted about it at another site- Have you noticed a bit of a step up in information about the bird flu? It seems as if I was reading several months ago about the flu being passed to those working directly with birds who were infected with it. Now, I have read that it has killed almost 90 people in ...

[quote user="Luvd_Lioness"] And then to top things off, I find out a good friend has just found out she's got double breast cancer (she's a year older than me). Things get complicated.. she's 4 months along with twins. [/quote] How is your friend doing? It's good that they are finding it now. It seems that it would be ...

[quote user="Jim"] Sorry Jeff, It wasn't your post I was referring to (unless you made one earlier that I missed) in fact it was your post that persuaded me to break life rule number 2 and say something because I saw at least one open minded person listening.  Now if only 51% of your countrymen were like you maybe you guys ...

[quote user="My Family's Interests"]The middle class is being squeezed out. Everyday in the paper there are studys about it.  Middle class taxes have funded so much over the years but now a crisis will happen because they are getting squeezed too much. [/quote]   That's why, as much as we all want to find a solution, ...

[quote user="Jim"] It's the cost of insurance that is destroying the medical system in your country.  The number one purpose of an insurance company is to turn a profit.  Where here with the government acting as the insurance company they don't have to be profitable and therefore more money can actually go into ...

[quote user="My Family's Interests"] Makes me glad we don't sell our blood here lol.  Some of those things are just gross! and some just plain rude.  The fabric one reminds me of  a couple of stories. In grade 8 we had to take sewing so we needed fabric to make an apron so my mom gave me a curtain for fabric and ...

[quote user="Ultimate Cheapskate"] I'm glad to have your perspective here, since - as far as I know - you're the only one posting here who actually has first hand, real life experience with the type of national health care plan being discussed here in the U.S.  The rest of us rely on whatever the politicians and ...

[quote user="My Family's Interests"] From what I see of US medical, granted it is from clips of the movie Sicko but from other info also. Infant morality rates are not great for what they should be for your country. People are denied medical care if they have insurance or can't get insurance because of preexisting ...

[quote user="My Family's Interests"]Personally, because I grew up with socialized medicine, I don't understand too much why someone  would be against it.  If you pay so much in medical expenses anyways.  Since basic medical is through the govt so it not dependant on your job, so I don't have to worry ...