To: Dan Evans
The Amish don't believe in health insurance but doctors love them because they always pay in cash. How do they do this when they have a family income of about $12,000?This is hard to peg. The IRS has trouble accurately accounting for barter arrangements when both parties to the barter don't report it. For instance, I know one Amish family that builds and installs 40,000 kitchens. I doubt they only make 12,000 a year at it, particularly as they are alwasy busy, and as they run a furniture store and factory to help cover the overhead...
To: Held_to_Ransom
Do you mean 40,000 kitchens a year? That must be a big family or they have a lot of other employees. I think the $12,000 figure applies to the average farmer.
I also get the impression from my research that a favorite sport of the Amish is lying to overly inquisitive Yankees.
Terrible, though, that they confuse the IRS. Tsk.
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