[TriLUG] OT: PT One tech issue from tonight's debate

Joseph Mack NA3T jmack at wm7d.net
Fri Oct 19 18:26:17 EDT 2012


On Fri, 19 Oct 2012, Chris Merrill wrote:

> On 10/19/2012 5:25 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
>>> Those 48.6 million live in a country that will still give them good
>>> health care, even if that have no insurance and no money.
>>
>> Yeah, after they've divested themselves of their house, their kids'
>> college funds, their retirements, to pay for a couple weeks in the
>> hospital.
>
> Ok, I know I said I'd bow out, but this needs to be 
> addressed, for the benefit of those who may not be aware:
>
> 401Ks (up to $1m), 529s (college funds), and a portion of 
> home equity can't be touched by bankruptcy. So the 
> facilities ARE there to protect yourself. If people choose 
> not to take advantage of those mechanisms...well...I don't 
> know what to tell them besides "DUH!"

I remember Dan Quayle in the vice presidential debates 
when asked what was to be done about the homeless, replied 
that the US was building homes as fast as it could.

Joe

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