Posted on 10/16/2012 9:46:20 AM PDT by MichaelAsher54
Because the group of drivers aged 21-24 accounts for the highest rate of alcohol related accidents and fatalities, the legal drinking age might have to be raised in order to hold down medical costs. Such is the dire prognosis by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in a memo uncovered by two members of Slackers for Obama who had been hoping that all-you-can-drink beer and wine would be the next entitlement enacted by the Obama administration.
Slackers Hugh Jorgan and Estelle Hertz found the memo while camping out by the Hubert H. Humphrey Building which houses the Health and Human Services Administration. After an afternoon of dumpster diving and consuming leftover haute cuisine, Ms. Hertz noticed the memo partially protruding from Mr. Jorgan’s incisors and carefully extracted it.
“It’s one of the unintended consequences of Obamacare,” said Ms. Hertz, “It mandates coverage for anyone up to 26 on their folks’ medical insurance and now Uncle Sam’s freaking about footing the bill for buzzed drivers.”
“The memo’s a friggin’ buzzkill,” added Mr. Jorgan.
The memo goes on to say that, in addition to raising the legal drinking age to 26, Health and Human Services also recommends raising the legal driving age. Of course, this means that those slackers on line to receive free Obamacars will need to wait to drive them legally.
“The ripple effect is unbelievable,” said Mr. Jorgan, a wine aficionado, “like Red Ripple but without the H2O.”
Young adults are particularly outraged and claim that marijuana dispensaries will not suffice. Young slackers have it even worse. Without free booze, they might have to find something else to bide their time – like employment.
Another stupid parody I presume.
But it would be amusing if anyone still on his parents’ health insurance were forbidden to drink.
I think it would be a curtesy to put the word Parody in the title.
If the cost of getting a licence was costly and the penalty for any alcohol in your system was loss of licence, the DUI would decline to nothing overnight. I have been to many countries and drivers won’t even look at alcohol if they are driving. It is not even a fleeting thought. The reason, high cost of license extreme penalty.
I agree. Pick an age and when you turn that you get the whole pacakage. Before that you are a child, after that you are an adult. I don’t have any strong feelings about what age that should be.
Occupiers: we have a right to free health-care, housing, automobiles, food, and a free top-shelf open bar at every bar or eating establishment.
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