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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan
  • Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:08:58 -0700


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.






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