Who knew? Tightening requirements for waivers for school vaccines increases vaccine uptake

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13. If that's what we as a group decide, then yes

See, that's how a democracy and a society work. But what does this have to do with reproductive systems?

Right now, we as a society have apparently chosen to listen to a handful of people who have persuaded a majority of us that it's not in our interest to be paid a living wage, to try to stop disease epidemics, to make sure our food supply is safe and wholesome, to provide a quality education for our children, to provide safe drinking water, or even to fix roads and bridges. This same handful of people have persuaded a majority of us that it's a very bad trade-off to pay an additional, say, $1,000 in taxes annually in order to have all the things (and more) listed above.

The poisonous fruit of this tree of rotten ideas has been oppressing our society for going on 40 years. A few people have gotten very wealthy, but far more people are slipping further and further behind every day, week, month and year, under the current system. Maybe it's time to do things differently.