tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post5238186870582768579..comments2024-03-11T11:13:12.066-05:00Comments on Homeschool and Etc.: Wonder What Your Soul is Worth?Happy Elf Mom (Christine)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-81916001001067509182008-07-11T19:49:00.000-05:002008-07-11T19:49:00.000-05:00I think the word you used- crass, sums it up nicel...I think the word you used- crass, sums it up nicely. I have long believed that our culture has reduced human beings to nothing more than financial assets or liabilities. This just proves my point.Elspeth https://www.blogger.com/profile/17495546895657214080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-74491688186395401452008-07-11T18:42:00.000-05:002008-07-11T18:42:00.000-05:00Exactly, Joe!! Obviously if I'm diabetic, had thre...Exactly, Joe!! Obviously if I'm diabetic, had three heart attacks, smokin' like a chimney and am 85 years old, they shouldn't have to sell me the best policy. But it's another thing for the GOVERNMENT to be putting a price tag on the lives of its citizens.<BR/><BR/>LAA, I'm guessing when they get around to that "ozone tax" everyone's talking about on people with more than two kids... that we'd be paying a lot. As it is though, with that per-child tax credit we really aren't giving very much to Uncle Sam in relation to other people in the same income bracket (the yacht club bracket *wink*)Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-17983013646565075782008-07-11T16:51:00.000-05:002008-07-11T16:51:00.000-05:00Wait til the day a person's retirement is calculat...Wait til the day a person's retirement is calculated according to some crazy thing like this! (You'll get more credit if you're public school educated, take public transportation, vote in every election, only have 2 children, recycle, etc...)LAA and Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587951326698052928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-89169348849795396892008-07-11T15:54:00.000-05:002008-07-11T15:54:00.000-05:00Insurance companies do these calculations all the ...Insurance companies do these calculations all the time. That's how they figure out what to charge for life insurance.<BR/><BR/>But it would appear that the governmental agencies confused business calculations with ethical considerations.<BR/><BR/>JoeClub 166https://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.com