rather than prolong their lives.

It’s really been pretty obvious that that’s where we’re heading from the discussions of health care “rationing” that we’ve been hearing. Erick at RedState.com listed several prominent progressives who have publicly advanced the weird survival calculus that supports consciously weighing dollar cost against survival odds; Peter Singer wrote just 10 days ago advocating a specific scheme, accompanied by an incredible flood of disingenuous rationalizations supporting the ethics of such a scheme.

They argue that since the calculation is taking place already, there is no reason the state should not engage in it. What they omit is the fact that whatever such calcul...

rather than prolong their lives.

It’s really been pretty obvious that that’s where we’re heading from the discussions of health care “rationing” that we’ve been hearing. Erick at RedState.com listed several prominent progressives who have publicly advanced the weird survival calculus that supports consciously weighing dollar cost against survival odds; Peter Singer wrote just 10 days ago advocating a specific scheme, accompanied by an incredible flood of disingenuous rationalizations supporting the ethics of such a scheme.

They argue that since the calculation is taking place already, there is no reason the state should not engage in it. What they omit is the fact that whatever such calculations take place today, take place in the mind of the person whose survival is on the line, or among that person’s responsible family members. It is one thing for an individual to decide that his own wealth should be saved for his children rather than spent prolonging his life; it is another thing entirely for the state to make that assessment. The former is self-sacrifice; the latter is murder.

The moves to limit care for the elderly gives the lie to the entire premise for national health care. Advocates for Obama’s plan argue that the reason for a national program is that some individuals cannot obtain care. Their solution does not provide care for more people, it simply shifts the right to decide who gets care from the market to the government. Just as many people will be denied care, but executive-branch bureaucrats get to decide which ones. I cannot see this as an improvement.

The holocaust has been predictable for decades. We’re just now beginning to see the pieces of it come together. As can be predicted by anybody familiar with 20th century history, wherever Marxian notions appear, mass deaths are likely to follow.

We are so screwed…