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- Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 by Dave Byter, proliferate freely.
-
- So you think that you are ready to retire now, eh? Before you get carried away
- with the idea of an early retirement, there are a few questions which you might
- ask yourself. Actually, a few more than a few. After twenty years of
- retirement consulting, I have found that most people are no more prepared for
- early retirement than the slaves of the Old South were prepared for early
- freedom.
-
- Slavery exists only as a state of mind. You may relish that regular paycheck;
- I consider it to be somewhere between prostitution and slavery. Remember, it
- is much more efficient to enslave a man with a lie than with a whip.
-
- I really didn't write these questions as a private opinion poll, but if I
- receive enuf answers to make a valid compilation, I'll send a copy to all
- contributors. You might even have some questions of your own.
-
- If you don't have any questions for me, then I have some questions for you!
-
- 1. Are you working full time just to buy the convenience food, the fancy
- clothes, the dependable car, and the house in the high rent district? Not to
- mention taxes and your shrink.
-
- 2. Would you rather work 48 weeks and take a 4 week vacation, or work 4 weeks
- and take a 48 week vacation?
-
- 3. What would you do with a 48 week vacation?
-
- 4. Do you eat what you have, or do you expect someone to give you something
- better?
-
- 5. Do you believe that humans have the God-given right to consume the Earth?
- A mandate?
-
- 6. Do you worship money? Do you trust it?
-
- 7. Would you mind living a mile from a publicly maintained road? 3 miles from
- the pavement? 5 miles from a pack of cigarettes? 20 miles from a medical
- doctor, shopping center, high school, and a McDonald's? 30 miles from a
- community college? 40 miles from a beer? 50 miles from the bus stop? 100
- miles from a concert hall and University?
-
- 8. Would you mind being flood bound? For a week? Snowbound? For a month?
-
- 9. How long can you work without supervision?
-
- 10. Do you prefer your own judgement and abilities, or those of an expert?
-
- 11. Are you prepared for all sorts of wild animals wanting a piece of your
- body, from chiggers, ticks and noseeums to bears, mountain lions and yahoos?
-
- 12. Are you immunized against spotted fever? Histoplasmosis? Rabies?
- Culture shock?
-
- 13. Do you believe in magic? Luck? Miracles? Serendipity? Curiosity?
- Contradiction?
-
- 14. Would you trust someone with a noose around his neck? Wearing a false
- face?
-
- 15. Do you consume meat? Coffee? White bread? Tobacco? Alcohol?
- Marijuana? Etc?
-
- 16. Can you live without a flush toilet? TV? TV dinner? Central heat & air?
-
- 17. Would you rather be a part of a forest or of a street?
-
- 18. Are you willing to be your own police and fire department?
-
- 19. Have you ever been declared insane by friends? Medical authorities?
- Government authorities?
-
- 20. Do you ever worry that you might be sane and that the rest of the world
- has gone mad?
-
- 21. Are you swayed by logical arguments? Theological? Emotional?
-
- 22. Is it more fun to learn a new job or to repeat the old one?
-
- 23. Do you understand what you are doing, or are you just going thru the
- motions?
-
- 24. Do you prefer poverty in liberty, or riches in slavery?
-
- 25. Do you really love Big Brother?
-
- 26. Are you familiar with Executive Order # 11490?
-
- 27. Are you satisfied with current US Civil Defense efforts?
-
- 28. Do you find today's "The Mother Earth News" appropriate? Those of 15
- years ago?
-
- 30. What is the value of a politicians promise?
-
- 31. Do you have any contacts in Belize?
-
- 32. What is the future of a society which taxes success and subsidizes
- failure?
-
- 33. Do you prefer the Democratic Socialists or the National Socialists?
-
- Send your answers to:
-
- Dave Beiter, CAVE Inc, 1/2 Fast Road, Ritner, KY 42639 606/376-3137
-
- "Oh LORD of lords, I humbly pray that I may be allowed to dwell for the
- remainder of my days in The Happy Hunting Grounds, if only in a cave."
-