Comments on: In Shock http://www.lighteningonline.com/2007/07/11/in-shock/ Simple Living... Frugality... Gardening... Cooking From Scratch... Knifty Knitter Projects.. And More. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:47:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: lightening http://www.lighteningonline.com/2007/07/11/in-shock/#comment-1450 lightening Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:38:00 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2007/07/11/in-shock/#comment-1450 Yes, choices, choices...<br/><br/>I much prefer the idea of a family holiday to paying for insurances though. LOL. Pity we couldn't just spend money on the fun stuff and forget about the sensible stuff. :-) Yes, choices, choices…

I much prefer the idea of a family holiday to paying for insurances though. LOL. Pity we couldn’t just spend money on the fun stuff and forget about the sensible stuff. :-)

]]> By: Kin http://www.lighteningonline.com/2007/07/11/in-shock/#comment-1449 Kin Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:04:00 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2007/07/11/in-shock/#comment-1449 I think you hit the nail on the head in the last paragraph there, it's about freedom. We all have freedom in how we spend our money. I remember a conversation with a guy at work last year. I couldn't understand how people could afford private health insurance. He couldn't understand how people could afford comprehensive car insurance. We both had two kids, comparable family incomes, two parents working full-time, but our choices were different.<br/><br/>Another way of looking at it, is that that $3000 would MORE than cover private health insurance for a year for a family AND comprehensive car insurance. But I'm guessing he's never thought of that... I think you hit the nail on the head in the last paragraph there, it’s about freedom. We all have freedom in how we spend our money. I remember a conversation with a guy at work last year. I couldn’t understand how people could afford private health insurance. He couldn’t understand how people could afford comprehensive car insurance. We both had two kids, comparable family incomes, two parents working full-time, but our choices were different.

Another way of looking at it, is that that $3000 would MORE than cover private health insurance for a year for a family AND comprehensive car insurance. But I’m guessing he’s never thought of that…

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