Maybe once we're all under Obamacare it's not a problem??
Posted on 01/22/2012 10:16:57 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB
Arlington, Va.—May the government force entrepreneurs to do useless things, like build extra rooms in their stores that they do not need and will never use, just to prove they are serious about their business?
That issue is at the center of a major lawsuit filed today, January 19, 2012, in Minnesota State District Court by the Institute for Justice (IJ) on behalf of Verlin Stoll, the 27-year-old owner of Crescent Tide Funeral Home in Saint Paul.
(Excerpt) Read more at instituteforjustice.com ...
But this guy doesn't even have a hearse. That's definitely “no frills”. What do they do? Throw ol’ Joe in the back of a pickup truck?
I suppose you could just do it on the kitchen table with a turkey baster.
My cousin did that with her husband (retired Naval officer) at his request. He died at home with hospice care (pancreatic cancer) and his last request was to be driven down Highway 1 along the beach in the back of his truck. She complied, driving him to the funeral parlor, or wherever. I thought it weird, but it was his last wish after a long battle with cancer.
We have a price war going on in this area between three crematoriums. My town fought like hell to keep the third one from opening up a shop. But he prevailed. He is also the cheapest, and the only one who will cremate pet remains.
There’s a story in today’s Saint Paul Pioneer Press about a Minnesota entrepreneur who’s building wooden caskets that sell for a few hundred dollars instead of a few thousand.
I would think there’s a market niche for that.
In Israel the dead are not even buried with a coffin. In the end, whether he was rich or poor, it doesn’t matter anymore.
Maybe once we're all under Obamacare it's not a problem??
There are cheap subcontractors that can do that.
they use slightly modified mini-vans. (dark tint, roller tracks in the back- no seats)
I saw that,too. He lives not far from me.
I should see if he needs an employee.
Some states allow you to be buried without embalming if you’re in the ground in less than 24 hours.
I’d be surprised if any state requires embalming since some religions prohibit it.
I wonder how much it cost the embalming equipment and chemicals guys to buy the politicians who enacted this bill? It might make an interesting bit of investigative journalism - if that is still an option with the media.
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