Mental Support Voucher

Below are some e-mails which spawned the

'Mental Support Voucher' platform item.

Bill

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2007-09-06p07 'Mental Support Voucher: Talk Therapy'BB

Marietta Daily Journal had an

article under their "Health Watch"

titled "Experts: More talk

therapy needed for bipoloar patients",

2007-09-05, page 2A. 

It had the following quote:

"Basically, the talk therapies

work by helping patients deal

with stress, function socially

and stick with their medications."

Now I am stretching facts,

but if this works with bipolars

then it will probably do wonders

for those that are normal. 

I feel that church is

good because it indirectly

provides talk therapy.  It also

provides an example of speech

delivery and provides a subject

for which an individual can

preach without being sued. 

It is a safe bet for personal

skill development. 

Well, as I had previously written,

other avenues exist besides church,

and one example is Zen, a lone meditation

approach. 

Whether church or Zen, a

person would receive a voucher. 

The church goer would give their

voucher to the church.  A practicer of Zen

would give thiers to a Zen group, even

if they had to create one. 

When explaining my voucher

to another person, the person

rhetorically suggested that

the voucher could be given to a prostitute. 

I immediately thought of Rhett

Butler in the fictional book/movie

titled "Gone with the Wind", by

Margaret Mitchell.  The prostitute [1]

in the story definitely was a talk

therapist.  Maybe if she were

a licensed therapist, and gave

the sex for free, it might work. 

But in another day, maybe she

could also be a licensed prostitute. 

BillBoltonPolitics.com

CobbNOW.org

[1]

"Belle Watling  - An Atlanta prostitute with

whom Rhett Butler has a long-term affair."

sparknotes.com/lit/gonewith/characters.html

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2007-08-21a07`Mental Support Voucher'BB

One of the requirements in

whether you get the IRS's status of

a Global Ordained Denomination

(ie IRS's church),

is whether your entity has

existed for some time,

sort of like the linage of

a king.  (which the US Constitution

explicitly outlaws.)

One approach that might

politically fly is that

every individual gets a

Mental Support Voucher,

where the total of the

voucher costs would be

paid based on .1% (.001) of the

US military costs. 

Each individual could apply

their voucher to any institution

promoting self development. 

One contender would be the

church and their schools. 

Other contenders could be freely

chosen by the voucher

holder.  Some people may not

believe in church,

even though they may believe in God,

and could have the freedom to use

their voucher in the way

they feel fit. 

With this voucher, the individual

can still tithe to

the established religions

like Christianity, Islam, etc.,

or they can send their money

to other forms of mental

health entities such as: 

psychologists,

Zen,

Vicki Ministries (Your new church),

Country Clubs (seriously),

yoga,

etc.

A follower of a more solitary religion like

Zen might not want camaraderie.  

Well they could help others

with your voucher by advertising

that it is all right for

them not to have

camaraderie and to be left

alone to meditate. 

(If the church has the freedom

to ostracize and promote

camaraderie, you should have the

freedom to promote the opposite.)

Because the voucher amount is

associated with the military, it would

be very helpful to our troops,

who are experiencing a high

rate of suicide.

Your input to this

Mental Support Voucher is appreciated. 

BillBoltonPolitics.com

CobbNOW.org