http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/eij/article/clear_skies_in_the_desert/
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Mar-27-Mon-2006/news/6426264.html
Keep in mind that Paul Warner was the first U.S. Attorney targeted for firing even though he had the support of both Utah senators. Follow the money (and the Indian Country connections).
]]>Hunger is a major issue in this country and blaming the poor doesn't cut it. Instead of pontificating, try volunteering at a food bank or charity kitchen. While there, please note the increasing influx of formerly middle-class recipients who daily choose whether to feed their families or become homeless. Since you're familiar with PubMed, you can search for citations related to the rising incidence of severe malnutrition, even kwashikor, in the United States.
Guess what happens when your Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) assistance runs out? Food stamps (EBT, actually) and TANF are no longer considered long-term supports. When they end, participants are usually ineligible for further assistance of this kind. For years, I've volunteered my time and money by teaching low-wealth individuals literacy and other self-sufficiency skills. Instead of cursing the darkness, what have you done to improve the conditions of this world?
More revealing comments:
"That's the point: people who choose to abuse themselves in various ways do not deserve the same health care at the same price as the rest of us."
"Do we worry about spending public money on an 80 year old to give him a few more months, maybe a year of life, or the 30 year old diabetic for insulin? There isn't the resources for both ultimately."
Oh, I get it: market-driven eugenics. Somehow I suspect that "the rest of us" of whom you speak will be younger, paler and more affluent than the subjects of your not-so-subtle derision. For a citizen in THIS country to whine about scarcities when Americans consume the lions' share of world resources is absolutely laughable...and a racist conceit when "population control" is promoted as a means to control the less educated, less affluent, or Third World individuals. The dire either/or choices exemplified in your "lifeboat ethics" example were laughable even back in 1975.
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