Reply #132: Agree . . .

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What I was trying to get to was the heartache that other nations have had over the
years -- Italy, Ireland, Germany -- as they sent their youth here to find new lives,
leaving families behind.

After "SICKO" ... I was at a loss to figure out why I hadn't thought of this for myself
years ago -- and wondered if my kids would begin to think of leaving. On the one hand,
you recognize the positives for them and want it -- on the other hand, you don't want them
to disappear from your lives!

Meanwhile, we have older Americans -- possibly parents and grandparents of adult children --
also needing to try to move on for health and economic reasons.

At one point, I checked some of the figures on out-migration -- I think it was 1.7% and
has been going on for quite some time.

My sister married someone who was a native of Ireland -- came here as a young teenager --
worked all his life here -- but had a big family in Ireland and he and my sister frequently
returned to visit. They had always wanted to retire early -- no children -- and 4 or 5 years
ago they did retire to Ireland. At the time, they took my mother who was a heart patient
with them and she got fantastic care there -- especially end of life care.

Very sad re your daughter --- but mainly because compassion is so lacking in our "for profit"
system -- greed and corruption run rampant!!




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