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From: Bill.Higgins@p17.f9.n249.z1.fidonet.org (Bill Higgins)
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Subject: Re: Healthcare Cost
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Date: 6 Nov 90 04:12:24 GMT
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Hi Ann,

 Allow me to quote the letter you mailed on 29-Oct-90

 AS> Jack, you know this very same thing happened to the Goodwill
 AS> Industries.  I know this is a tacky thing to say - but, I hate the way
 AS> Goodwill operates and treats the employees that work for them.  Most
 AS> of them are disabled but they sure make them feel so degrading and the
 AS> majority of them only make $2.50 an hour!

     $2.50!!!! I was part of a March of Dimes Program and all we got was
     $0.10/hr. It seems that they have some sort of an exemption from the
     Provincial Labour Laws. I too was exploited, and at the time too irate
     to think of hauling them up before the authorities and bleeding them
     dry!.

 AS> At one time, Goodwill
 AS> Industries here in LawtonLand purchased a new van, fully equipped with
 AS> lifts and so forth.  They decided to charge each passenger anywhere
 AS> from $4.00 on up per trip and ran only 3 days a week.  You had to call
 AS> way in advance to be guaranteed a ride.  Boy - did they lose out on
 AS> this!  They ended up turning the vehicle over to the city.  However,
 AS> our city is operating on such a tight budget that the van just sits in
 AS> the parking lot of the transportation site.

     We have a half decent system here but it still has room  for
     improvement. Of course, it may always have room for improvement even
     though they get better hardware and other infrastructure items added. I
     guess it's a viscous (SP?) circle.

 >> I remember back when they made do with Cadillacs and BMWs.
 AS> I believe you and I could run some of these institutions and be
 AS> perfectly happy with a Caddy!  (grin)

     <GRIN> I'll take two. (Ducking tire iron being swung)

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