Candy...I think, that you did not understand the earlier rant...
Much like the rest of our greedy society, these mortician types are often employing the high pressure sales tactics of a used car salesman...see, there are NO LAWS requiring that you must embalm, in any state...in a special circumstance, they may require it, say for shipping.....also, when you said, "The casket, if not used in cremation, must meet certain specifications that judge the quality of material, quality of assembly, and appearance."....that is bullshit
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...yet, this type of fraud happens all the time.
Here is some other shit that some funerary dude said:
OOOOOOOOOOOO! BEST LINK SO FAR!
....there are massive amounts of peoples that are utilizing sorrow, for personal gain; using the grief of the recently Widowed, to separate them from their hard earned & saved cash...I am certain, however, that a living CAN be made by a funerary outfit, whilst still not rape-ing the wallet of the general public.