That's really twisted. Socialized medicine can not pay for this, and socialized medicine is what lets your economic argument in the door. "We" should kill these people because "we" can't afford them because "we" have to pay for the care of others more deserving.
It's about the sanctity of life, it's not about money until socialism reduces human life to the level of a commodity.
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Okay, then who DOES pay? This kind of treatment isn't free, and families who are able to pay for it out of pocket are few and far between. Unless there's some untapped source of charitable funds out there, or unless some religious or philantropic organization decides to take up the burden, that only leaves the taxpayer.
It's all well and good to say this is about the sanctity of life, but it's also about economics. That's just an immutable fact of life. Resources are finite, and they are going to be allocated one way or another.
I ask again. Who's supposed to pay for all these people on long term 24/7 care? I'm not trying to be argumentative about this, but I haven't heard anyone put forth a plan. If somebody out there has one, I'm certainly willing to listen.
And I should add that I don't LIKE it being that way. I society didn't have these dilemmas. But it does.
No it is about the diversion of scare resources into lost causes rather than expending them where they can save lives. The millions spent on TS could have done immense good to those capable of being saved.