Hanging out laundry this morning, I faced into a cool wind blowing from the north. A cold front is moving in. Summer 2010 is truly over. The hummingbird feeders came down this morning; I always keep them up until the last moment just in case a straggler hums in from the north on its way south. My husband is harvesting the last of the green peppers and butternut squash. The garden spider has even come down from her magnificent web on Summersgaze and is now crouching on the southeast side of a paint chipped Adirondack chair. Summer does come to an end.
The 1 minute piece posted above is composed of shots taken from 5:15 a.m. (feeding the cats time) to 8:15 a.m. today.
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This morning I heard an interesting piece on NPR. It was about a company in Needham, Massachusetts -- Vita Needle Company -- that hires people over the age of 65 to work. One woman who was interviewed is over 98 years old. It's an excellent piece -- the link is here: NPR story
This piece, however, inadvertently pointed out the need for a single payer health care system in the United States. Caitrin Lynch is quoted as saying that in addition to appreciating flexible hours, senior citizens bring along their own health care -- Medicare -- so the company does not have to provide health care benefits.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if all that companies had to worry about were creating jobs for people, making a profit, and providing excellent retirement packages for their employees? Under a single payer health care system, that could happen. As it stands now, we are at the mercy of a health care insurance octopus with companies footing the health care expense burden when health care should be a benefit of being a citizen of the United States. A life enhancement, if you will.
Single payer health care system. That's the way to go. And, yes, it is that simple.
Single payer health care system. That's the way to go. And, yes, it is that simple.
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