To: Hildy
What's ridiculous about it? Do you get any subsidies from the government? Social security? Health insurance? A paycheck? Student loan? etc, etc?
Did I just misunderstand your comment?
"One specialist said he had a 5% chance of recovering, another said he had no chance whatsoever of regaining consciousness," says his mother, Johanna. She and her husband, Tinus, spend about £1,000 a month on round-the-clock care for their son in a converted garage at their home, but until June they had seen no sign of awareness in him. Then they asked their doctor, Clive Holroyd, to contact Nel for advice."
The fact of the matter is that Hildy's parents did recieve government subsidies. I imagine yours did as well at some point. Most people do as they get older.
I'm not a libertarian, I'm a conservative which means that I believe in limited government, especially on the federal scale. But the purpose of government is to protect it's citizens, especially those that CAN NOT protect themselves.
If you disagree with that, no problem. I can abide libertarians who are pro life but pro choice libertarians are a joke.
I hope I've clarified matters.