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It is a wise man who plants a tree in the shade of which he knows he will never sit. -- Greek proverb --

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. -- Robert Louis Stevenson --

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Saturday, August 01, 2009

A Note To The Elderly

There is no escaping these facts:

The largest bloc of government spending today for health care involves Medicare.

And fully a quarter of that government spending on health care is made in a patient's final year of life.

And Obama has made a commitment to reduce the cost of government outlays for health care.

It doesn't take a genius to see where the cuts are going to be made.

Just how long did you plan on living?

And don't count today.

1 comments:

wicked dickie said...

From the standpoint of the young people, it would be better for the old folks to die. (With dignity, of course, but ASAP.) They already subsidize health care for the elderly. Let's be realistic. Lots of wonderful justification for this attitude can be found in the writings of Herr Professor Doctor Singer at Princeton and in our very own FuhrerBunker formerly known as the White House, in the person of Obama-ayers advisor nee commissar, Particulates and De-Development Man John Holdren. Unfortunately for our elites (the bettah peepul) most of us primitives espouse a moral code complete with principles which won't let us commit Geronticide. (This apparently is not yet recognized as an official word. Use euthanizing the elderly if you like or maybe Auschwitzing the elderly.) Our betters probably need more time to improve(?) our Culture of Death assisted by our Democrat Party.