On a cycling trip in Europe I met a retired military police officer. He related that at a medical checkup the doctor got excited to discover his MP status. Did you carry a sidearm? Yes? Well some people get medical problems from carrying that weight on their hip and shoulder for decades, so there's a disability category for that. But my cyclist said he had no problems. Nonetheless several months later he noticed he had a bump in his pension for a disability related to the weight carry. If there's an eligibility then you must be fitted into the box. I think a lot of adults take advantage of any possible benefits, medical, or pension claim.
My orthodontist, whom I am paying out of my own pocket, says her second largest intake clientele is retirees coming in for cosmetic work because it is covered on their health plan. There's a why not take it attitude.
It is not bizarre at all. Rather it is the logical result of choosing to obey or enforce some laws while overlooking obedience or enforcement of others. The sanctuary city/ICE kerfuffle being the pertinent illustration at the moment although it is just one of many. This result, coupled with complex regulatory rules given the force of legislation, is very, very foreseeable. The Roman Empire recodified its legal codes when they became inefficient/unworkable.
Yes, Trump claimed his "bone spurs" excused him from the military draft and called those who served in the military "suckers." I have a right-wing, working-class relative who had to leave his job for a serious health problem (kidney failure/chronic dialysis). While collecting working-men's compensation, he worked part-time "under the table." I'm sure he would condemn others for "double dopping," at least before this happened to him, but in his forties his future options ended. Being single, he'll never qualify for a transplant. While double dipping he saved his money for some future security. Still, he took an option he'd condemn others for. The woman you mentioned, Elsa Johnson has endometriosis. I have friends who suffer from this. A very painful and debilitating chronic condition. Often long undiagnosed in sufferers. For such people it creates a dilemma. Do you ask for help or do you tough it out? It's not cynical grifting like Donald Trump's bone spurs. At almost eighty he seems to be hoofing it around pretty good.
On a cycling trip in Europe I met a retired military police officer. He related that at a medical checkup the doctor got excited to discover his MP status. Did you carry a sidearm? Yes? Well some people get medical problems from carrying that weight on their hip and shoulder for decades, so there's a disability category for that. But my cyclist said he had no problems. Nonetheless several months later he noticed he had a bump in his pension for a disability related to the weight carry. If there's an eligibility then you must be fitted into the box. I think a lot of adults take advantage of any possible benefits, medical, or pension claim.
My orthodontist, whom I am paying out of my own pocket, says her second largest intake clientele is retirees coming in for cosmetic work because it is covered on their health plan. There's a why not take it attitude.
Our transition from a high trust to a low trust society is almost complete. Can it be reversed? Has any society ever reversed it?
It is not bizarre at all. Rather it is the logical result of choosing to obey or enforce some laws while overlooking obedience or enforcement of others. The sanctuary city/ICE kerfuffle being the pertinent illustration at the moment although it is just one of many. This result, coupled with complex regulatory rules given the force of legislation, is very, very foreseeable. The Roman Empire recodified its legal codes when they became inefficient/unworkable.
Yes, Trump claimed his "bone spurs" excused him from the military draft and called those who served in the military "suckers." I have a right-wing, working-class relative who had to leave his job for a serious health problem (kidney failure/chronic dialysis). While collecting working-men's compensation, he worked part-time "under the table." I'm sure he would condemn others for "double dopping," at least before this happened to him, but in his forties his future options ended. Being single, he'll never qualify for a transplant. While double dipping he saved his money for some future security. Still, he took an option he'd condemn others for. The woman you mentioned, Elsa Johnson has endometriosis. I have friends who suffer from this. A very painful and debilitating chronic condition. Often long undiagnosed in sufferers. For such people it creates a dilemma. Do you ask for help or do you tough it out? It's not cynical grifting like Donald Trump's bone spurs. At almost eighty he seems to be hoofing it around pretty good.