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you wrote joe wasn't known personally to us in the same way that alan bonander was but the circumstances surrounding joe's passing are of vital import to all of us i feel sad and disappointed and un-family-like i find my self logically bothered, and frequently, by any medical incompetence - or malfeasance that results in injury or agony or death or loss. to me or family most to friends close and far acquaintances ... eventually, both emotion and logic are felt for the entire species conglomerate of life that has evolved on this spaceship earth only a very small portion of that grief is getting much attention. i have not the energy to fight all the battles. the luck of those who practice medicine and law is important. their wages are absurd. their ethics are atrocious in some individuals. injustice in wages is one of my pet peeves if the subsidizing of the highest-paid had not been "legalized" by the annual wage increase that is biased with non-competent mathematics, most of the people could afford doctors, medicines, and legal advice - and not need as much of either. economic stress is not easily avoided if ill, disabled to some degree, or not skilled and willing to work but the US federal government leadership has not corrected the mistaken notion that all payments should be adjusted upward annually. Incredibly, the increases have been biased to exponentially help the highest-paid. this caused by escalating the basis - instead of using constant-basis - which is appropriate FOR THE OLD, DISABLED, AND INCOMPETENT TO WORK only!! I hope to succeed in getting the annual spiral in wages paid by the government stopped. it is not understood by most that it has diverged the incomes of all wage scales because those with power can take whatever they can get away with as their earnings. stopping the annual raises would be beneficial, but the deflation of the dollar will not stop immediately. world-wide use of escalating payments rather than constant-basis increases for those on social welfare or mandated retirement systems such as SSA makes inflation of wages and prices exponential. this comes with rampant money devaluation. fewer wealthy - but they are very wealthy. the owners of stock companies buy and sell beyond many countries worth. -- Ron Vetter 1936, '84 PD dz [log in to unmask] http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~rfvetter