I think this is great and long overdue. The amount of money that people literally throw into a hole in the ground is obscene. Caskets can cost $20,000 and more for a box that will be buried in the ground for eternity. What a scam.
Ideally, I think we should all be cremated but short of that, we should be laid to rest in a plain wooden box. That is actually what is done in Orthodox Judaism. The caskets run a few hundred dollars and are designed to degrade in the earth - ashes to ashes, dust to dust. We are not Orthodox, but I've already told my wife that that is what I want when I die. No spending 10 grand or more on a funeral. A few hundred for the box. A few hundred more for the ceremony. Maybe 2 or 3 thousand tops for the whole process.
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Steve
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