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This is a good argument for abolishing all government welfare.
I mean, if an innocent newborn baby isn't worthy of our tax dollars, then how can you justify giving money to a lazy / irresponsible grown up?
Most adults who need hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical care to prolong their lives by a few days don't get it either...or at least they shouldn't unless they're paying for it out of pocket.
Ethereal said:This incident merely highlights the inevitable conclusion of all leftist social policy. That a person's ultimate worth is simply a function of tax dollars; a variable in some indiscriminate equation which determines the most "pragmatic" option.
As opposed to the laissez-faire approach, whereby a person's ultimate worth is simply a function of his income; a variable in some indiscriminate equation which determines the most "profitable" option.
The bottom line is that **** costs money, and there isn't enough of it to go around for everyone to have everything they want. And unless you're paying your medical bills out of your own pocket, someone (whether it's the government or an insurer or a charity or a hospital) is going to be concerned about the costs. Since other people have costs too, it makes sense to deny ludicrous treatments such as this one, where the baby would die anyway after a few hours longer and a few hundred thousand dollars more.
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