Re: Medicare Means Test

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Gretchen Evans  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 12 Nov 2003 13:39:11 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Herman
>Rubin) wrote:

>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>>George Conklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>>>"Herman Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> And what would have been the effect if the ones who founded
>>>> this country behaved like that?  They would still be slaves
>>>> in Europe.


>>>   It was the United States which had slavery, not Europe.  Your history
>>>sucks Herman.




>>The life under a totalitarian regime is essentially slavery.
>>Serfdom is probably worse than slavery.

>>BTW, Europe did not end slavery that long before the Civil
>>War; the Haitian revolt was a slave revolt, and I believe
>>that Cuba had slavery until the US took it from Spain.  There
>>was a move to invade early in Grant's term as President.

>You're now claiming that we're all 'slaves', Herman?  What happened?
>Did Purdue forget your paycheck this month?

>Funny, I certainly don't feel 'enslaved' by the government.. Disgusted
>by their actions, yes; apprehensive about the so-called leader, yes;
>concerned about the nitwits in Congress who prefer argument and
>stone-walling to progress.... but certainly not 'enslaved'

I suggest you see what Shakespeare said about this topic;
it is in _Hamlet_.  Hamlet says that Denmark is a prison;
further, the whole world is, and Denmark is one of the cells.
The courtier states that he does not feel he is in prison,
to which Hamlet remarks that then he (the courtier) is not.




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