http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/14/08/32/retirement/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:23:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/14/08/32/retirement/#comment-134614 Susie Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:55:41 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/14/08/32/retirement/#comment-134614 No, it wasn't an offhanded remark. No, it wasn’t an offhanded remark.

]]> http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/14/08/32/retirement/#comment-134612 Bob Munck Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:04:43 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/14/08/32/retirement/#comment-134612 I think the "cover my own funeral expenses" was just an offhanded remark, but Pennsylvania does have a "cremation society" that you can sign up with in advance and (I think) pay a small fee for coverage. My parents were participants and it apparently covered everything for my father's death a few years ago, and undoubtedly will do so for my mother when the time comes. I think the “cover my own funeral expenses” was just an offhanded remark, but Pennsylvania does have a “cremation society” that you can sign up with in advance and (I think) pay a small fee for coverage. My parents were participants and it apparently covered everything for my father’s death a few years ago, and undoubtedly will do so for my mother when the time comes.

]]> http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/14/08/32/retirement/#comment-134598 sparrow Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:37:46 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/14/08/32/retirement/#comment-134598 Keep hope alive. There's always the lotto. Keep hope alive. There’s always the lotto.

]]> http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/14/08/32/retirement/#comment-134594 misfit Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:09:47 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/01/14/08/32/retirement/#comment-134594 Susie - I know what you mean... Unless we someday get National one-payer health insurance, I picture myself like that 79 year-old guy in "Sicko", working at a supermarket to pay for their health coverage. Susie - I know what you mean… Unless we someday get National one-payer health insurance, I picture myself like that 79 year-old guy in “Sicko”, working at a supermarket to pay for their health coverage.

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