Calling the Universe

[catsittingstill]

weirdsister  needs help. 

The problems with asthma she mentioned in her last post but one put her in the emergency room.  Again.  She is okay, but she is looking at an emergency room bill brought on by not having the money to just go to the doctor, and putting it off too long when she was sick, dammit.

What I'm hoping is that we, her friends, can come up with enough money to pay the emergency room bill plus set two or three hundred dollars aside for an office visit plus prescriptions for the next time. 

My corner of the Universe has done what it can this month.  But the Universe has many corners.  It's positively polygonal.  If you can't spare 50$ it's worth sending 20 or 10 or 5.

She doesn't want people to impinge on their own needs to help her meet hers.  But if you have a little extra, here's someplace it could do a lot of good.

I don't feel comfortable putting her address on the net without her permission --though I will update this post promptly if she says I should.  In the meantime, comment here and I'll send you a private message with it.

Comments

[keris]

Do you have a PayPal address for her? That's about the only way which makes sense transpondially. I'm keristor at gmail dot com for private messages (for the only mail address which gets read often).

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Is there a paypal link to use to send it?

Weirdsister and Georgism

[ndrosen.livejournal.com]

You can send me a private message with the necessary information.

Meanwhile, I understand that you don't want to read 571 pages of 19th century prose on a subject that doesn't fascinate you, but this article http://www.progress.org/2010/fold692.htm (http://www.progress.org/2010/fold692.htm) by Dr. Fred Foldvary explains why the so-called stimulus didn't work (contrary to Dr. Krugman, the problem is not that it wasn't big enough), and what we can do instead.

Finally, I believe in trying to help those in need, even if you should denounce the article, and run for President of the Richard Ely* Fan Club.

*Early 20th century anti-Georgist economist, took money from real estate interests to found the academic field of real estate economics, and pretend that land was just like things made by human effort.

[rms-butterfly.livejournal.com]

Can you send me her info as well, Cat? Paypal would be best, if that's an option.

[mbumby.livejournal.com]

Please pass along info. (Paypal best.)

what's the address

[tourist-city.livejournal.com]

I've learned to look critically at folks who use some philosophical basis before choosing to do something, or opt out. For this one I use my grandma's touchstone, honed during a life of community building during war, exile, depression, more war and long life: when someone asks for help, give it.

[randwolf.livejournal.com]

Please PM me. It is going to be a few days before I have the money, but I can send something.

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

I tried to offer help for a doctor's appointment several days ago and she refused it, but I'd be happy to help out with creating a medical reserve for her if she'll accept it from us now.

[trektone.livejournal.com]

Please PM me.

[delennara.livejournal.com]

please give me the paypal adress.

[gorgeousgary]

And toss another PM this way...