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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

*Needs* not wants!    The same folks who bitch and moan over Indian casinos
think that the stock market is god's gift to them to get rich quick.  HELLO!
The stock market is gambling.  If folks want to GAMBLE, don't come knocking
at my door expecting me to be an enabler!

Borrowing money for houses beyond their means is not a *need* and I won't 
play enabler for them either.  Buying McMansions on a beer budget is 
something I won't play enabler for either.  Keeping up with the Jones is NOT 
a *need* and I won't play enabler for that either.

We do lots of volunteer work.  Make afghans for the elderly who live where 
it is extremely cold.  Make slippers and jackets and sweaters.  We buy a few 
cans of veggies when they are sale at the local stores and give them to the 
food bank.  Youngest works at the soup kitchen.

Those are *needs* and those I'm not "sensitive to" but actively work to help 
with!  Those are my values.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene GeRue" <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> snip<
> America is an experiment in building a superior civilization. We here
> have all benefited from the experiment. How we conduct ourselves as we
> go forward will speak to our values. My values include being sensitive
> to the needs of my fellow humans.