Comments on: Can You Afford to Feed Your Family? http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:21:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Caprice http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-21592 Caprice Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:30:45 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-21592 The article was very informing, maybe the stats were a little off and I am a mom and a college student who argues with her hubby constantly that I need to be working not back at the university trying to become a doctor; because we have two boys and life is a struggle and boy did you guys make me laugh because I have a toothach and I cannot go to the dentist because I cannot afford it, no dental with our insurance and I've had both of my boys naturally and I'm not sure which is worse. : ) The article was very informing, maybe the stats were a little off and I am a mom and a college student who argues with her hubby constantly that I need to be working not back at the university trying to become a doctor; because we have two boys and life is a struggle and boy did you guys make me laugh because I have a toothach and I cannot go to the dentist because I cannot afford it, no dental with our insurance and I’ve had both of my boys naturally and I’m not sure which is worse. : )

]]> By: hp http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16742 hp Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:51:28 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16742 Being poor is a lot more fun than just talking about it. Being poor is a lot more fun than just talking about it.

]]> By: D.R. Munro http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16593 D.R. Munro Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:59:40 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16593 I don't know what is more painful . . . Pulling out your own teeth with pliers, or working at a plier factory all day. I don’t know what is more painful . . .

Pulling out your own teeth with pliers, or working at a plier factory all day.

]]> By: hp http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16590 hp Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:01:54 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16590 I once, and this is the truth, pulled out one of my own teeth. With Channellock pliers. Ironic in a physical sort of way because I once worked at Channellock tool company. Shoveling pliers with a pitchfork, all day. I once, and this is the truth, pulled out one of my own teeth. With Channellock pliers.
Ironic in a physical sort of way because I once worked at Channellock tool company. Shoveling pliers with a pitchfork, all day.

]]> By: hp http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16587 hp Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:30:00 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16587 And speaking like a real poor person, which I am, I say once again; I have gums like an alligator. And speaking like a real poor person, which I am, I say once again; I have gums like an alligator.

]]> By: rosemarie jackowski http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16586 rosemarie jackowski Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:25:04 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16586 D.R. Munro...Yes, I agree. Tooth pain can be worse than child birth pain. I have had both. D.R. Munro…Yes, I agree. Tooth pain can be worse than child birth pain. I have had both.

]]> By: D.R. Munro http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16583 D.R. Munro Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:13:06 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16583 Oh, don't think I was judging you because your tooth fixed, I wasn't. Sometimes there is no choice and they have you trapped. Mine was merely a minor cavity that I had filled, so the nerve isn't exposed and the only time real pain sets in is when cold air or cold liquid hit it, and I really don't want to finance another dentist's trip to the Carribean next summer. And yes, we do need it. Medical and dental . . . these are basic human needs. People who say that dental work is superficial have never had real tooth pain. Tooth pain is the worst kind there is if you happen to be unlucky enough to get it. Oh, don’t think I was judging you because your tooth fixed, I wasn’t. Sometimes there is no choice and they have you trapped.

Mine was merely a minor cavity that I had filled, so the nerve isn’t exposed and the only time real pain sets in is when cold air or cold liquid hit it, and I really don’t want to finance another dentist’s trip to the Carribean next summer.

And yes, we do need it.

Medical and dental . . . these are basic human needs.

People who say that dental work is superficial have never had real tooth pain. Tooth pain is the worst kind there is if you happen to be unlucky enough to get it.

]]> By: rosemarie jackowski http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16581 rosemarie jackowski Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:52:02 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16581 Arch...I am still paying for cable so I can get C-Span. The FCC allowed Comcast to recently re-bundle so now I am paying more than ever because Comcast took C-Span out and re-bundled it with a lot of sports and junk channels. It's like being forced to buy 50 pounds hamburger when you only want a loaf of bread. D.R. Munro... The broken filling had sharp metal posts protruding and I could not eat. We need to get dentists to come here from Cuba. Castro offered medical aid during Katrina. We need it. Arch…I am still paying for cable so I can get C-Span. The FCC allowed Comcast to recently re-bundle so now I am paying more than ever because Comcast took C-Span out and re-bundled it with a lot of sports and junk channels. It’s like being forced to buy 50 pounds hamburger when you only want a loaf of bread.

D.R. Munro… The broken filling had sharp metal posts protruding and I could not eat. We need to get dentists to come here from Cuba. Castro offered medical aid during Katrina. We need it.

]]> By: Arch Stanton http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16571 Arch Stanton Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:14:23 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16571 Oh come on, people. A 50% rise in basic foodstuffs is a small price to pay for biofuel production so the rich/celebrities can keep up those midnight jet flights to brothels in Prague and Bangkok, and rub your faces in shit on awards shows on MTV. You want glamor? You gotta pay the piper. Why are you still paying for cable anyway? Oh come on, people. A 50% rise in basic foodstuffs is a small price to pay for biofuel production so the rich/celebrities can keep up those midnight jet flights to brothels in Prague and Bangkok, and rub your faces in shit on awards shows on MTV. You want glamor? You gotta pay the piper. Why are you still paying for cable anyway?

]]> By: hp http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16567 hp Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:52:35 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16567 I have gums like an alligator.. I have gums like an alligator..

]]> By: D. R. Munro http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16563 D. R. Munro Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:37:42 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16563 I've had a missing filling for over a year now, and I can't bring myself to pay some dentist what amounts to roughly $3,000 an hour to spend 15 minutes putting mercury amalgams into my face. The pain isn't that bad. I’ve had a missing filling for over a year now, and I can’t bring myself to pay some dentist what amounts to roughly $3,000 an hour to spend 15 minutes putting mercury amalgams into my face.

The pain isn’t that bad.

]]> By: rosemarie jackowski http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16561 rosemarie jackowski Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:34:23 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16561 Yep, food is a luxury that many can no longer afford. In some places medical and dental care have become luxuries. Recently a filling in a tooth broke and needed to be repaired. The cost of one small, simple repair of one tooth was over $1500. If you wonder why I didn't just have it pulled - I really need it for chewing. One of my friends who lives in upper New York State goes to Costa Rica for dental work. Another friend is sending do-it-yourself dental instructions to his friends. Is there any doubt that we are in big trouble? Yep, food is a luxury that many can no longer afford. In some places medical and dental care have become luxuries. Recently a filling in a tooth broke and needed to be repaired. The cost of one small, simple repair of one tooth was over $1500. If you wonder why I didn’t just have it pulled – I really need it for chewing. One of my friends who lives in upper New York State goes to Costa Rica for dental work. Another friend is sending do-it-yourself dental instructions to his friends. Is there any doubt that we are in big trouble?

]]> By: D. R. Munro http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16559 D. R. Munro Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:17:49 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16559 I think I'll plant a small garden. I think I’ll plant a small garden.

]]> By: HR http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16554 HR Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:58:25 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16554 The statistics here seem a little off. Over the past year, egg prices have jumped from 80 cents to $1.25 per dozen ... on sale! As near as I can tell, that's more like a 50 percent increase. Some stores don't even advertise egg prices in their circulars. And, humble rolled oats have increased over 15 percent during the same period. Well, as long a people remain in love with the Chamber of Commerce and the laissez-faire capitalism it supports, they get what they deserve. Too bad the rest of us have to suffer for their damned stupidity. The statistics here seem a little off. Over the past year, egg prices have jumped from 80 cents to $1.25 per dozen … on sale! As near as I can tell, that’s more like a 50 percent increase. Some stores don’t even advertise egg prices in their circulars. And, humble rolled oats have increased over 15 percent during the same period. Well, as long a people remain in love with the Chamber of Commerce and the laissez-faire capitalism it supports, they get what they deserve. Too bad the rest of us have to suffer for their damned stupidity.

]]> By: Don Hawkins http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16530 Don Hawkins Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:41:26 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/can-you-afford-to-feed-your-family/#comment-16530 Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

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