Subj : Re: 3.5 weeks to being la
To   : boraxman
From : ACMEBBS
Date : Wed Jul 20 2022 12:47:00

-=> On Tue Jul 19 23:54:00 2022, boraxman wrote to ACMEBBS <=-

 >  AC> Previously...you would pay a co-pay and the insurance would cover 80%
 >  AC> until you spend a large amoung of money.
 >  AC> Had a co-worker from Australia who got married here to a woman with
 >  AC> kids. Wants to move back there...but he doesn't have custody of her
 >  AC> kids...so he's stuck here. Even asked him in a joking manner if he had a
 >  AC> chest big enough to fit me. ;)
 > 
 > Americans seems to have been conditioned by means of fear, to be skeptical of 
 > any economic change which might benefit them. 
 
Welcome to the American way of life. ;) Some would consider me to be a Socialist...but having formerly been a talk show producer at a local radio station...had on Bernie Sanders and agree with him on many things.

 >  Mostly the Conservative Right. 
 > There exists a similar train of thought in the Australian Right here like that, 
 > that if we do something which makes life better for the average guy, something 
 > more than a small tax cut, the world will collapse.  As if you're supposed to 
 > live a hard life and if we give people a better deal, the world will fall apart.

Hope things are better for you there than here. With roughly 30-40% of the population here ready for a civil war...things are going to get worse here before they get better. From your version of "60 Minutes" (which I enjoy on You Tube)...Australia has many of the same issues as they have in the US with organized religion and political leadership being intertwined.

Thank you for telling me more about Australia. Never been there...but it makes me excited to learn about other cultures and dream of what could be/been.

.... Auntie Em, Hate Kansas, Hate You, Taking the dog...Dorothy
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