Posted on 03/13/2010 3:56:53 PM PST by NYer
Is it just me, or am I mistaken in thinking this proposal has the FULL SUPPORT of Holland’s mullahs? [Those old folks are the only ones still bothering to attend Christian services...]
Europe really is dying.
Why stop at 70?
Why not 50?
Why not 20?
Why have an age limit at all?
And why should Holland care if someone just wants to die because they are depressed or because a love one just died? Does it mean their lives are any more valuable than a granny in their 70s?
Government has no business drawing a line on this. They should either be all in or all out. Otherwise, it’s a form of discrimination.
I suspect it has to do with falling away from religious faith and not bothering to produce a next generation to speak of. When you have no stake in the future and nothing much matters but idle comfort, then life itself becomes cheap.
“Holland pays out incredible benefits to retired people and I guess this must be the sign that theyre feeling the pinch.”
I saw a list recently showing Netherlands at or near the top of the list of countries ranked by total debt as a percent of GDP. They were at about 400% (US was at 90% IIRC). Virtually all the European countries were above the U.S. on this list. Thus, not only do we enjoy lower taxes in the U.S. (government share of economy is about 10 percentage points lower in the U.S. compared to OECD), but so far, we have much lower debt levels. As well, they are way ahead of us when it comes to the “graying” of their population, resulting in a lower ratio of workers to retirees compared to us.
Obama appears bound and determined to eradicate every single one of those competitive advantages by turning us into a European welfare state in which work is penalized and living off the government dime encouraged.
How stupid is that?
70 is way to young to be calling it quits. At least in a free country, which Europa isn’t any more.
If some of the elderly decide to do their duty for the common good” as they see that duty, it might go hard on the members of the death panels. What are they going to do to the elderly? After you get to be so old, any sentence is a life sentence and the older you get the shorter a life sentence gets.
I this healthcare bill passes we will be Holland in a few years...
Bingo!
That's just for starters to get the law on the books. Then we file an "age discrimination" lawsuit and get it opened up so everyone has the same right.
“That could never happen in Holland. Gramma doesn’t have any money to inherit. She already gave it all to the government! “
W I N N E R !!
My father dropped bombs on the heads of right-to-die fascists. I see no reason the work can’t be started up again.
Well, this IS the next step. Holland or the Netherlands as they call themselves has been LETTING the elderly die in their beds for a number of years now.
The slippery slope: discussion >> persuasion >> coercion >> force.
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