Question: Insurance companies give
discounts to people that belong to groups. Why don’t they give discounts to
people that belong to the group of people that don’t belong to groups? Well? It’s
a group! LOL
The Spanish club had another meeting
Thursday. Good turnout. They pointed out my accent again. Huh? I belong to the
group of people that don’t have accents. That must be the accent they are
referring to. Does an English-speaking American have an accent in England? Yes,
to them.
¨A really big shoe (show)¨ -- Ed Sullivan. The Roman Theatre.
How is this working out? Every price is
around the same but then you have to add 50%. Still, money goes a long way
here. Prepared food is expensive but groceries are about the same as in the US.
Many museums and parks are free; the Alcazaba is 2€; Gibralfar castle, 2€; the
Picasso Museum is 6€. It must be that using the bus and train services, and
walking a lot, is avoiding the major expense of a car. My rent is cheap (400€)
but the place is small and no A/C or heat. My electric bill last month was 20€.
Water is free. The clothes washer is free. No dryer. It is actually costing me
less to live here than in Austin. But, of course, it is not the same life
style. And, Málaga is an old city. Here’s a video showing the traffic, apartments,
and concrete jungle in general that is representative of the older
neighborhoods.
According to
Wikipedi, ¨A Fallacy Of Compostion arises when one infers that something is
true of the whole from the fact that it is true of some part¨. The Spanish
healthcare system is ranked 7th worldwide; the American, 37th.
There are waiting times in both. To avoid waiting here, some people pay for
private healthcare. This is fine now, while only a part of the population is
doing it. The fallacy is ¨if everybody does it, you’re back where you started
from and there is no turning back¨. Well at least until the whole system
collapses, as the American healthcare system will have to. Google ¨How much
does a heart attack cost¨. If you cap out at $30,000 with insurance, who is
paying the rest? The ones that have not had a heart attack yet? Isn’t that the
definition of a pyramid scheme? Will we have to bailout doctors and hospitals
when the system collapses?
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