tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post8243645797584067527..comments2023-10-23T12:23:54.134-05:00Comments on Larry James' Urban Daily: Death and our last acts of communityLarry Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06124477733714017000noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-43156121354003870732007-12-21T09:50:00.000-06:002007-12-21T09:50:00.000-06:00I once worked with a family who lived in a DHA pro...I once worked with a family who lived in a DHA project. "Certifiably" poor by any standard. To help them make ends meet, we helped out with with a small monthly sum for awhile. Later, in trying to understand why they still couldn't make it, I asked some questions about where their money went. (We knew each other well enough by now to ask.) Along with the utility bills, they were spending $125 a month (!!!) on "burial policies." These cost a ridiculous average of $25 per month per person, including for healthy children, and paid all of $5,000 to $10,000 of funeral expenses. (My own life insurance policy for $250,000 costs less!) But out of the fear you're talking about, they had spent $125 per month to make sure they could have a decent burial should one of them die - shortchanging themselves in life in the meantime. So, as you say Larry, a special place in hell indeed!<BR/><BR/>[On a side note, not sure I can go along with your same-funeral-for-everyone plan. :))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-8535282682019775112007-12-21T09:27:00.000-06:002007-12-21T09:27:00.000-06:00You challenge me daily to think outside the box. ...You challenge me daily to think outside the box. Some boxes that I have just closed my eyes to the very existence of....Donna Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01591270068580850954noreply@blogger.com