interest during the period that their loan is frozen, but would be able to start charging interest again when the people are employed.
33 I will try to raise funds from the rich people of The Land and start projects of temporary employment until the economic depression has passed, and permanent jobs become available. Or, train those people skilled in jobs that are no longer needed, for new jobs that seek workers.
34 I will also pass a Law that from this day forth no hospital may refuse any patient, no matter what their income, and that all hospital services must be provided at cost.
35 That those below a certain income pay ONLY cost, and that those above that income pay a percentage over their bill according to their wealth.
36 There are some Healers who are becoming rich on the suffering of their people, charging outrageous prices for their services. This will come to an end.
The duty of a Healer is to cure the sick, not exploit their sicknesses for their own greed."
37 Now, the people liked these things that Gray Boar said. However, the banks didn't! They threw all their support behind the two other leading candidates, saying that Gray Boar did not understand finance, and would ruin the land. That his proposals were ridiculous.
38 Insuring banks against closures was foolishness, and The Land's economic system could not endure if funds couldn't be transferred from one bank to another.
39 And some businesses didn't like his unemployment insurance because THEY would have to pay it, not the employees!
40 But the new unions loved the ideas, and threw their support behind Gray Boar. In every city from Tr to The Holy Land, to Zo and below it, Gray Boar campaigned.
41 When the elections came, he took two votes in

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