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In reply to the discussion: Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel - Rahm's brother comes under fire for ethics on view of people over 75, no value [View all]TBF
(31,921 posts)21. More BS from the "third way" -
1%ers use their money to live as long as they want - while everyone else is done at 75. No more treatments.
I saw this when it first came out a couple of months ago and realized that while they are not only pushing austerity for everyone (except themselves of course), now they are just going straight for it and encouraging everyone else to just die.
This keeps getting worse and worse for those not in the 1%.
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Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel - Rahm's brother comes under fire for ethics on view of people over 75, no value [View all]
TheNutcracker
Nov 2014
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Why is someone so "disconnected" advising the President on health care policy?
TheNutcracker
Nov 2014
#6
^^ THIS^^ Plus his bizarre little swipe at his brother seems to have inspired him here, as if
bettyellen
Nov 2014
#16
I was thinking about whether the thread starter wanted the person themselves prosecuted
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2014
#22
I read that as TheNutcracker being concerned at the influence Emanuel has on policy here
suffragette
Nov 2014
#25
You completely misread my post and reversed the views of myself and Emanuel
suffragette
Nov 2014
#24
There was a lot of discussion about it when it was originally published 2 months ago
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2014
#8
No; they said it glibly, cynically, for money. Do you think Daltry would trade places with Moon now?
WinkyDink
Nov 2014
#30
Well he give the average Joe 75 more years of value then Rahm does. Rahm dones't think most
Exultant Democracy
Nov 2014
#14
At 73 years of age I tend to agree with him on much in this article. For instance, too many people
jwirr
Nov 2014
#15