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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jan 28, 2008, at 6:48 AM, Jeanne Driese wrote:

> Ok, I see where you are coming from.  My income from SS is so low  
> that I qualify to have part B paid for.

Ah, I see. Good for you.

>  It makes it so I can live on my less than $7,000 a year.  Working  
> as a grade school teacher did not put much into SS.  It was not my  
> intention to have to live on SS only but that is another very long  
> story.  Life does go on and I am very happy and contented in my  
> little house on the side of a hill, growing my veggies, herbs, and  
> flowers.

That's a good life. I have vacillated on the issue. About thirty years  
ago I had decided the best life was living on such a low income that  
zero taxes would be due. Part of my dilemma has been that I never  
found a woman who was happy living that way. And truth be told, I like  
books and tools and building things so much that I need more money  
than I once calculated.

We are fortunate to live in a country where we have these choices.