Raylin, I think you are being a little unfair to our latest George. This centuy is still right new - one and three quarters or two and three quarters years -depending upon how one counts centuries - isn't really enough time to find a whole bunch of cures. He sure does seem to be getting off to a poor start. WILL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rayilyn Brown" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 12:44 AM Subject: Re: The Government should pay for cures > How about the federal government waging an all-out war on disease for cures? > Wouldn't that be the most cost-effective course in the long run? Never mind > the reduction in suffering. How many cures have there been in this century - > polio, TB (treatable)vaccines for childhood diseases derived from fetal cell > research.??? Jerry Lewis has been raising$ for Muscular Dystrophy for over a > half century now. Don't people want cures NOW THAT THEY MAY BE POSSIBLE? > > Apparently the Bush Administration is pushing federal funding for medical > care for fetuses in a sneaky attempt to nulllify Roe v. Wade. So what is > wrong with helping the living? > > We all have very little to say about where our tax money goes and it doesn't > please everyone. Also, in 1965 on a $3600 yearly teacher's salary I was able > to actually pay for my surgery. No one can do that today. Something is > wrong here. > > rayilyn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn