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In reply to the discussion: Actual op-ed headline: 'End Obamacare, and people could die. That's okay.' [View all]procon
(15,805 posts)12. I read it; my takeaway is that he was skirting around the Eugenics Movement
By labeling everyone they deem as unworthy and undeserving as moochers, leeches and parasites who should be terminated, this writer is spouting the latest version of the old Eugenics Movement. There's something chilling in reading that deranged bit of conservative wisdom.
I imagine this is what sociopaths sounds like; choosing a preventable and horrible, lingering death is the preferred choice over healthcare. I need to wash my eyeballs before the next 'normal' GOPer lacking any sense of moral responsibility or social conscience tries to drag the next perversion out of the dank cellars of the John Birch Society and twisted teaching of Ayn Rand.
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Actual op-ed headline: 'End Obamacare, and people could die. That's okay.' [View all]
FourScore
Jan 2015
OP
Spend every penny on the military and don't worry about those who die from lack of healthcare....
think
Jan 2015
#1
Even a 10 MPH speed limit wouldn't 'save' everyone so we should all ditch our cars, right?
randome
Jan 2015
#4
It's not even about govt. Before or after Obamacare, health insurance did not prevent all deaths.
merrily
Jan 2015
#6
You're right. It's a straw man for the wrong topic, even! A double-fake straw man!
randome
Jan 2015
#9
Funny how the people who think it's okay aren't the ones who'll be doing the dying. n/t
winter is coming
Jan 2015
#7
The republican alternative to government rationed care is rationing by ability to pay.
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2015
#17
It should work that way, with 3 months minimum wage living required before taking office.
Mnemosyne
Jan 2015
#30
Too short. Give me a solid and hard line year but I'm more generous. I'll give them
TheKentuckian
Jan 2015
#36
This has been coming for some time now...Ernst and the others are preparing people for
NoJusticeNoPeace
Jan 2015
#27
I don't entirely disagree with Strain's basic point of balancing costs with rates of mortality.
SpankMe
Jan 2015
#28
surprised WaPo would publish such RW non-fucking-sense. Loaded with false premisses.
Bill USA
Jan 2015
#37
I'd rather see: Increase taxes on the 1% and they'll only have 1 mansion. That's okay." n/t
winter is coming
Jan 2015
#38