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shesus, that's correct, you are making conscious choices based on realities of the world. I'd love to live in a world where things are different but in a world where there's only so many chairs to sit in, when the music stops, I want to make sure that I can get to a chair faster than anyone else. After I have a chair, I'll be interested in helping someone else find one. What I'm not interested in is giving up a part of my chair for someone else to also sit on.

I need healthcare. I'm middle aged. I could foresake it in my youth. I've had 3 hospitalizations 2 of which were 7 days long, 1 was JustJess' father in law trying to kill me. We'd definitely not be in the financial position we are in had it not been for health insurance.

I've had to make hard choices because of health benefits considerations, staying in a job I didn't like, staying employed, and getting married earlier than desired.

JJ, I agree with the holding the door analogy. So far in my building, which houses 400 people holding the door open for someone has allowed 2 different situations where people were mugged in their own home. I don't know what it means to the analogy, but I do agree that something that simple as holding a door is maybe okay. I'd also say that we're not talking something so simple.

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