February 7, 2013

• Socialist rants

  Thank god for Spring break week giving me the time to see my optometrist, counselor, doctor, chiropractor, and maybe also the optician. The 40+ hour work week just doesn’t allow you any time to breathe.

  Thank god for the Canadian health care system, student discounts, free counseling services from my school, and my somewhat affordable two health insurance plans, otherwise I’d've spent my paycheque for the month. And I’ll still have to pull out a lot of money.

  I’ve tried to give apples to panhandlers downtown in the past a few times and they told me they couldn’t eat apples anymore because their teeth had fallen out. They weren’t especially old people, between 30-50 years old. Even so, properly cared for teeth should last you into old age. My uncle is a dentist and my paternal grandparents have never had a need for dentures.

  It’s absolutely criminal that neither our provincial nor federal government cover dental care. Teeth shouldn’t be something that only the rich can afford to have.

  Never mind hoping the government will enact a plan for ending/reducing poverty.

  • 3:36 pm
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