re: Should we really be spending 2/3 of federal spending on the old and sick?

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Should we really be spending so much every year on preserving life instead of advancing it? Why do the poor, sick, and old get such a large chunk of the pie?


Oh wow...how about we just kill em all when they reach 70.

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Damn you are dramatic dude......I didn't say that, I asked if we should be spending 2/3 of our spending on the poor, sick, and weak....

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Oh wow...how about we just kill em all when they reach 70.

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Or, or, or...

We could tell them that for most people a 65 year old retirement age, at a time when the average life expectancy is 80, is a pipe dream and its immoral for most of them to retire early and expect everyone else to pay for world class healthcare.

Keep working unless you've saved up a lot of money. Don't take my money.