Ok, so we're spending billions and billions and billions of our dollars on long-term care for older adults, senior citizens, frail elderly, old people, widows, widowers, the forgotten, has-been's, grandmothers, grandfathers, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, neighbors, & eventually "me." Why?
It is such a waste of money. We should do what the Spartans did. If you get sick, then the next stop is the landfill for you. It's a lot cheaper, and a lot less messy. All this touchy feelly stuff about wisdom and transferring values is for the birds. What we need is a nice, clean system for getting rid of frail people, a let the healthy people have more money in their pocket.
So where should we draw the line on who lives and who does not get to live. Nowhere. You don't like the color of your baby's eyes? Get rid of it. You're mother is costing you too much? Get rid of her. There's plenty of people around to take their place.
Two things: 1. It's sad to think how many people think this way. 2. It's sad to think you read this and went back to your televison.
