[Vision2020] Question for the Vision

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Enough to care for them?

Sunil


>From: Craine Kit <kcraine at verizon.net>
>To: Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Question for the Vision
>Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:59:24 -0800
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>Sorry on the last one post. I hit Send before I pasted my comment.
>I'll try again.
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>I've noticed one of the "industries" which is rapidly growing in
>Moscow consists of businesses that manage companions/caregivers for
>disabled people. Some of those people are disabled as the result of
>accidents. Some of those injuries could have been prevented if the
>"victim" had been wearing a seat belt, a helmet, or other protective
>gear.
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>I don't know how much funding for these services comes from private
>sources, how much from insurance, and how much from the government
>(i.e. tax dollars), but the people I know who use those services are
>being supported by you and me, via the State.
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>This raises a question: how much should you and I be forced to pay in
>tax dollars when an adult makes a bad choice and ends up with no
>money and unable to take care of his/her self?
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>Kit Craine