{"id":10660,"date":"2012-07-12T15:47:08","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T22:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=10660"},"modified":"2012-07-12T15:47:08","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T22:47:08","slug":"give-a-man-a-leg-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/12\/give-a-man-a-leg-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Give a man a leg up"},"content":{"rendered":"

What John Venlet says<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Joel over at The Ultimate Answer to Kings<\/a> (now at its own domain name, joelsgulch.com) is in dire need of a new prosthetic leg — which the good old U.S. health-care system has priced way, way out of his reach.<\/p>\n

I know Joel. I know how long he’s suffered with his old leg, despite benefactors having bought a much better foot for him a few years back. I’ve seen the sores on his stump with my own eyes. I know how the manual labor that brings in his small living is hurting the hell out of him and probably going to damage him even worse in the long run. In desperation, he’s thinking about breaking down and turning to the state<\/a> for a new prosthesis. His friends — freedomistas all — understand.<\/p>\n

But Joel has to face himself. He’s also got the small problem of being so far out of the system that he doesn’t even have an address, let alone 1099s or 1040s to prove his almost non-existent income. He does, however, have landlady, who sometimes receives money for him.<\/p>\n

So … well, what John Venlet says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What John Venlet says. Joel over at The Ultimate Answer to Kings (now at its own domain name, joelsgulch.com) is in dire need of a new prosthetic leg — which the good old U.S. health-care system has priced way, way out of his reach. I know Joel. I know how long he’s suffered with his old leg, despite benefactors having bought a much better foot for him a few years back. I’ve seen the sores on his stump with my own eyes. I know how the manual labor that brings in his small living is hurting the hell out of…<\/p>\n

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