American Slaves

Brutal farm labor bosses punished, but not growers who hire them

Dead Peasant Insurance

Here is a subject that I can't come to terms with. I first learned about it last month when I read Micheal Moore's new book "Hey Dude, Where's My Country". Everytime I think about it I get so angry that I want to scream.

If you work for a big corporation, your hard work is not your only asset to the company, your life is too. Your health benifits are reduced or altogether taken away, yet your employer can find the funds to pay premiums for a policy on your life, should you died from lack of decent health care or any other reason.

But wait there's more...........

Texas Cashing in on Dead Janitors

Now the States (or one Texas) want in on this huge untapped resource...

If you agree that Dead Janitors Insurance is morbid and sick. Then it gets better (or worse) in this case. How do you feel about your state government having dead peasant policies on retired state workers. Not just currently employed persons but the retired.

Just think of the windfall to a state in these tough financial times, with all the baby-boomer retirees.

Non-Profits Cashing in on Dead Peasant Policies

I guess that not only greedy corporations and fiscally strapped states need to be compensated for your death, so do your favorite charities. I guess that the reasoning is something to the effect of "If our donors die, who will support our cause?"

I support many charities myself, but I give by choice not as an obligation.