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   Karen Y Byrd to Another Day Another OS   
   Re: Will Your Job Survive?   
   30 Mar 06 12:48:56   
   
   XPost: phl.media, pa.politics   
   From: kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu   
      
   On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:45:34 -0500,   
    Another Day Another OS  wrote:   
      
   >Karen Y Byrd wrote:   
   >> I'm extremely lucky in that I'll be retired from computing before something   
   >> like this happens.   
   >   
   >You think you're lucky because of this?   
      
   That's right.   
      
   >So tell me, when you're old and need care, like you alluded to having   
   >provided, who's going to do it?   
      
   No one. I know exactly what goes on with lots of elderly, having seen it   
   with my own eyes. My life is my own which means   
   I can take it whenever I choose. And that's what   
   I'm going to do when life is no longer worth living.   
      
   >  The generations of children who were   
   >aborted or never conceived?   
      
   None of that will be an issue for me. See above.   
      
   >When Social Security goes bankrupt and the political left seizes your   
   >retirement accounts like they did in the thirties when they confiscated   
   >everyone's gold, who's going to pay your bills?   
      
   I won't be around for it to matter.   
      
   >The people I feel most for are those who are the people who thought they   
   >were going to retire in the next 10 to 15 years...   
   >   
   >They're in for a big surprise.   
      
   The people you should really pray for are the people   
   who are babies and toddlers right now.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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