You anti-Costco people need to take a pill. I feel like I'm reading a DUh board here.
I shop at Costco all the time, and I appreciate the fact that there is a NO SOLICITATION policy. Every private business has a right to restrict who may come onto its property.
"I can never understand people who opposed the steel tariffs..."
How about, because the steel tariffs raised the price of steel for every single user of steel in the country? Such as the auto industry.
Or, how about because the tariffs very nearly started a trade war with Europe that could have jeopardized our economic recovery? Can you say Smoot-Hawley?
Try looking at it this way. A tariff is a tax. If you support protectionism, you support higher taxes. I don't want ANYONE telling me I have to pay more for a car, or a TV, or a pair of shoes than I would otherwise have to. And ultimately, it's the consumer who pays tariffs.
The phrase "cut off your nose to spite your face" comes to mind...
I'm not sure what you mean by your comment. The whole point of the health care power of attorney is that you give the power to a person you trust to make the decision for you when you can't. (Usually the spouse for a married couple, but it doesn't have to be the spouse. She could have given one of her parents power of attorney as well.)
This heartbreaking story is a strong argument for married couples to fill out health care power of attorney and advance directive forms. All of this ugliness could have been so easily avoided if Terri had had her wishes in writing.
(Remember, if you wait until you need it, sometimes it's too late!)