LTC123: Roses or silver - Wicked Local Plymouth- Topic: SingleMomNews

I've been thinking a lot about economic recovery/bailout money; healthcare reform; Democrats and Republicans and Libertarians; people in Nebraska, who apparently have had a backroom deal to pay for their healthcare in the healthcare reform bill approved by Congress; and CLASS, the proposed federal public long-term care insurance program; and babies; and old people; and bathwater. The third-place winner received a rose made of silver; the second-place winner a rose made of gold. But the first place winner received a real rose, a beautiful, living rose that soon wilted, dried up and died. In this society, as a result of shrinking tax receipts, it's not a huge surprise that elder services are being cut just when the elder population is booming. As Kennedy reflected, who among us would not choose the living rose to the silver or gold versions? read more

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