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Originally Posted by Dreammaker
I recall somewhere hearing that the Dems were interested in a cradle to grave social safety net. Why is the government interested in couseling the whole senior population about how and when to die?
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Because it's cheaper to give them a nudge into the grave a little quicker than it is to provide expensive life-extending treatment. You know, 'cause they're just gonna die anyway. Why put it off? Why spend all that money on someone who's gonna die regardless?
The AARP is gonna have a field day.
If they really and truly want to work out a viable universal health care plan, it's something that needs to be well thought out, over probably a year or two, and likely much longer. This is a very fundamental change in how we live, how the country operates, and is on the order of a Constitutional Amendment where it needs to be carefully studied and refined to where an overwhelming majority of the people are behind it. But they're not approaching it like that. They're trying to ramrod it down the throats of the American people in a matter of weeks, like any other bill.
This isn't about universal health care at all, it's about the government getting control of our health care dollars, and by extension, control of our lives. And they will, absolutely, have control over our lives, as they will be able to literally pick and choose who lives and who dies. This bill comes to us from the premise that the Hippocratic Oath is antiquated and outdated for modern society, not to mention from the position that the US Constitution is equally antiquated and outdated. The level to which Liberty and freedom of thought is being trounced on with this bill is astounding.