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December 08, 2003
Let Old People Die
There are a few ugly thoughts percolating in my head. The best I can do is call them Libertarian and hope they find a following. If I were a bit more willing to put my neck on the line, I would verb out this idea something like DuToit did with his 'Pussification' essay. but I'll tone it down a mite. The simple thrust of it is this:
400 Billion dollars to artificially inflate the lifespan of Baby Boomers is not my idea of wisdom. Say what you like about Iraqis. There is a categorical difference between helping people live to be 50 without enduring torture and helping people live to be 80 without paying for their own Nexium or whatever it is drug companies are peddling the Spry Demographic.
This is a true boondoggle and I truly want to rip GW a new one for this.
I've had it in for the insurance companies ever since I was a redlined black youth trying to get coverage for my motorcycle, but I know they're not the only bad guys in this ripoff.
I don't know how we're going to undo this ridiculous hunger for idle longevity. Perhaps nature will be kind enough to buck up the next flu virus. We've got children to raise and their lives are more important. I'm 42 years old and I am sick to death of the Baby Boomers. Die already!
Isn't it ironic that Robert Nozick is dead?
UPDATE: Steve Chapman at Slate agrees.
Posted by mbowen at December 8, 2003 10:29 PM
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Except for the life span part, amen. There's nothing wrong with Baby Boomers living longer. But there's no way this drug prescription benefit should've gone through. Aren't the Republicans in charge?
I agree with you and the Washington Post that this is simply generational warfare. The Baby Boomers just voted themselves money from the treasury.
Posted by: IB Bill at December 9, 2003 08:27 AM
This is Grandma robbing her grandkids. It makes me see red. I can only hope this is a precursor to seriously alter Medicare. This is the only thing I can think of that justifies it.
Posted by: infamouse at December 9, 2003 08:06 PM
I concur. I'm young enough that I expect to be able to piss on the grave of the last Baby Boomer, and I'm looking forward to it. Never has a generation combined such sanctimonious self-congratulation with such utter moral spinelessness.
A pox on the lot of them.
Posted by: Kyle Haight at December 9, 2003 10:02 PM