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Showing Original Post only (View all)Ok I think we may have reached the edge of the crazy [View all]
End Obamacare, and people could die. Thats okay.
We make such trade-offs all the time.
Seriously. That's the headline of an op-ed in the Washington Post
The author is a resident scholar at AEI, a preeminant GOP think tank. Forgive the misnomer.
Say conservatives have their way with Obamacare, and the Supreme Court deals it a death blow or a Republican president repeals it in 2017. Some people who got health insurance as a result of the Affordable Care Act may lose it. In which case, liberals like to say, some of Obamacares beneficiaries may die....
...If these are the stakes, many liberals argue, then ending Obamacare is immoral.
Except, its not.
In a world of scarce resources, a slightly higher mortality rate is an acceptable price to pay for certain goals
When this kind of naked economic amorality is floated, we should probably take notice.
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The truly useless eaters, who even run a massive eatery deficit, are the .001%.
Dont call me Shirley
Jan 2015
#37
Hey, asshole, when you raise taxes on the wealthy, no one dies, they just have one fewer Mercedes.
Scuba
Jan 2015
#3
The richest country on Earth can't figure out how to pay for universal health care?
tclambert
Jan 2015
#8
Sounds just like Republican icon, Ebeneezer Scrooge discussing surplus population
world wide wally
Jan 2015
#6
Nope, sorry. I don't think we've even scratched the surface of how deep their crazy runs.
Bucky
Jan 2015
#9
I suggest that Michael R. Strain should volunteer to participate in the higher mortality rate.
NBachers
Jan 2015
#15
Problematic rational from those that want to end abortions, keep sex ed out of schools, etc....
Moonwalk
Jan 2015
#16
Funny how they still keep insurance tied to employment. Anyway the crazy has just begun!
ChosenUnWisely
Jan 2015
#22
So, since we have such scarce resources, does that mean they will stop fighting abortion and birth
Frustratedlady
Jan 2015
#30
SURPRISE! Guess what these are evil fucks and this is just a sample of who they are
TheKentuckian
Jan 2015
#43