The Porkulus Bill

I discovered this tid bit, at Bloomberg.com, while reading about the proposed "Stimulus" that doesn't stimulate.

I have known for many years now that socialized medicine, as practiced in the UK and Canada does not work as advertized. The elderly especially are treated cruelly in these systems, because it is not deemed economically practical to treat them, despite treatments being available. How does this stack up with the Biblical command to honor your Mother and Father?

In my own case, my Dad is 80 years old, and just recently had a bout of cancer of the prostate gland. Of the two types of prostate cancer, this was the aggressive variety, and it surely would have killed him in 6 months. However, it was successfully treated through a combination of radiation and homone treatments. Would he have been treated under this proposed system? My Dad continues to operated a business at 80, and to be a productive member of society.

So, first the government has the blood of unborn children on its hands through Roe v. Wade and subsequent decisions. Now it will murder the elderly as well. When did they decide that they own our lives, and that it is theirs to do with as they please? When did we have that debate? The last I heard, we are citizens of this country, not slaves to a Fascist State. When are we going to act like it? Not to put too fine a point on this, how is this different than a farmer, whose prize bull no longer performs as a stud, so is euthanized? The farmer can do that because he owns the bull. In the same way, by witholding treatments that are available, if expensive, is the State not doing the same thing to senior citizens?