How do your DF'd children get along with him? For me....how he treats my children would be my deciding factor. You may be different. I couldn't tolerate a man that shunned his own children.
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Is my marriage worth saving?
by sacdfan inlong story - will make it short - i was a jw for 4 years.
hy husband took to it straigt away and has been a jw for 20 years - we were both converted by one of his workmates.
our 4 kids were all baptised jws and thankfully 3 escaped (2 disfellowshipped, one fading) - so my eldest son is still in with his dad.
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Subjugation of Women
by Band on the Run inthis area bothered me even more than the ban on college.
i was born a feminist, popped out that way.
before the women's movement, i hated their attitude of hating women.
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BOTR....Did you know Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, by any chance?
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If you are self employed in the USA, do you have health insurance?
by Iamallcool inone of my family members is considering to be self employed.
do you have any health insurance recommendations?
how much are you paying them each month?
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Viola....if you're not working and your hubby is only on disability, how can you be making too much $$ to qualify for Medicaid. Have you checked out the sight SixofNine posted?
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If you are self employed in the USA, do you have health insurance?
by Iamallcool inone of my family members is considering to be self employed.
do you have any health insurance recommendations?
how much are you paying them each month?
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Thanks, six. I'll pass that sight on.
I am always amazed at how people tend to see only what supports their viewpoint. I like to think I'm not, but I'm probably guilty of it sometimes, too.
Voluntary vs Forced.... NC, that's a big deal for lots of Americans. Corporations pour money into setting up and implementing these programs voluntarily. I'm sure there are tax breaks for doing so, but nevertheless, that's the avenue they CHOOSE. Individuals and corporations give large amounts to hospitals and programs that actively help. I love the Ronald McDonald House and St. Jude Children's Hospital among others.
County Hospitals....I don't know about your local tax bill, but ours breaks it down into School Tax, Property Tax, Bridge and Road Tax, Hospital District Tax, etc. etc. etc. (The list of taxes goes on and on) Our local hospital taxes are used to provide indigent care, preventative health programs for the poor, maintain charity hospitals and provide other services. It amounts to a lot of money and the ability to hire good doctors and nurses.
They have FREE SCREENINGS for cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc. etc. etc. BUT----YOU HAVE TO BE PRO-ACTIVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM. I think our district even provides bus transportation to some of the free screenings. But, again....you have to make the call and arrange the transportation.
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If you are self employed in the USA, do you have health insurance?
by Iamallcool inone of my family members is considering to be self employed.
do you have any health insurance recommendations?
how much are you paying them each month?
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You get an Error message when you click on your link, Six. Can you double check your link?
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If you are self employed in the USA, do you have health insurance?
by Iamallcool inone of my family members is considering to be self employed.
do you have any health insurance recommendations?
how much are you paying them each month?
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Re: If you are self employed in the USA, do you have health insurance?
I have never gone without health insurance and over the many years I have owned four different businesses. I paid my own and 1/2 the cost for my employees'.
But...it isn't cheap. I got into a discussion with a young man that owns a small auto repair business not long ago. He doesn't have insurance. Says he can't afford it. However, in the course of the conversation, he told me that he spends about $480/month on cigarettes for himself alone. His wife smokes a different brand and her ciggie bill is slightly less. His 6-pack a night booze bill adds an additional $250-300 per month. I don't knock him for drinking and smoking....it's his choice. It's all about priorities. He also has a two-year old. I doubt seriously that he is contributing to any kind of healthcare fund for him, much less college fund.
That being said, I agree with Terry. I think small businesses should take more advantage of the business associations available that allow companies to pool. There are resources out there that help reduce costs....but it takes research and a pro-active approach. Too many Americans just throw their hands up and wait for Uncle Sam to step in and in the interim, whine and complain about everybody else being insensitive and unsupportive.
Terry is also right about emergency rooms. I have a friend that worked at the county hospital. People on government aid can actually call an ambulance to bring them to the ER for treatment and never pay a dime. Others, based on what insurance they have, can pay as much as $1000 for an ambulance. And...that hospital is full of folks being treated for major illnesses that pay (or don't pay) according to their ability.
Many forget that corporations also provide huge sums for programs to help people afford care for diabetes, cancer, heart disease, etc. You just have to get pro-active to take advantage of what is available.
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StarTrek Replicator? This Could Be Big.
by metatron insee:.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/01/24/161240/pirate-bay-to-offer-physical-item-downloads.
imagine transmitting a physical object over ip, that is, the internet.. metatron.
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I was begging for this 3 years ago! http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/154272/1/I-WANT-A-STAR-TREK-REPLICATOR
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Mentally Diseased Apostates to Survive Armageddon! - The WT says so!!!
by 00DAD inas i'm sure we all know by now, the july 15, 2011 watchtower branded "apostates" as "mentally diseased" (p. 16, para.
but never fear, because--also according to the wtbts--jehovah will take that into account at armageddon.
the wt says so, so it must be true!
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Hey, everybody! Let's all plan to meet on the other side! Gotta come up with a "secret" handshake or a code word to identify ourselves as pre-armageddon mentally-diseased apostates.
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Jesus Was but not IS Michael!
by free thought into honor the son is to honor the father.. i am a practicing jw who i believe is of the heavenly calling.
this post is not to criticize wts but to open honest discussion among mature followers of christ.. there has been much controversy around the wts doctrine regarding the arch angel michael.
as many are aware, wts believe that jesus in his pre-human existence was michael , gods first born.
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free thought,
Why don't you take your "free thought" to the body of elders in your congregation and see just how much respect you get for thinking freely. As they have stated in their literature many times, the WTS does not believe the annointed are anything special....it's only the Governing Body that is special.
I questioned something years ago and took it to the elders. I was young and naive. They told me sternly that I thought too much and it just showed I was spiritually weak. I suspect they will tell you the same thing...annointed or not.
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Revisiting the Orange Terror Book as an Adult - From Paradise Lost
by Band on the Run inmy parents could not afford any books.
we were all avid readers.
the public library was visited daily but many times we were stuck with no books to read.
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Our family study was using this book. I loved the book as a child and just couldn't wait to have a pet lion and pick bushel baskets full of delicious fresh fruit! Those pictures spoke a thousand words (and dreams). The ground opening up and me falling through the crack was terrifying and I worried it might happen to me while walking to or from school. (Surely Jehovah had read my thoughts about something I wasn't supposed to be thinking!!)