US Funerals.

[Spectral]

What's luxurious about being embalmed and buried? What's more allot of people still find a last due to the dead incredibly important even if it's just a pine box and whatever flowers were cheapest.

I stated that funerals are a luxury item, I didn't say anything about the corpse. Obviously we have to dispose of corpses.

If someone wants more than the basic sanitary requirements, that's their call. I don't see any reason for others to pay for it.

---------- Post added 2012-11-12 at 08:02 PM ----------

I hope you plan to live forever.

I know I do. :-p

Well, that's surely the plan. It seems to be working so far

[geewhiz80]

Social Security Death benefit - it's not a lot of money, but it should be barely enough to handle a simple cremation.

The social security death benefit is like $255.00. A cheap cremation costs around $5,000.00. My father died last year, and because of his health he couldn't get good life insurance. They only paid around $1500.00 of it. My brother had to front the other $3,500.00. This was with the bare minimum of services from the funeral home as well. As far as what they do if you can't afford it, I'm not sure if states still do pauper funerals or not.