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People Shouldn’t Want to Live Past Age 75 [satire]
Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 27 Sep 2014 | John Semmens

Posted on 09/29/2014 9:26:08 AM PDT by John Semmens

Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, one of the chief architects of the Affordable Care Act, says people should want to die at age 75.

“Let’s face it, the vast majority of those over age 75 have nothing positive to contribute to society,” Emanuel wrote in an essay for Atlantic. “In both physical and mental terms they’re pretty accurately described as ‘decepit.’ Their bodies and minds are just rotting in their shells.”

“It would be best if they could be persuaded to exit peacefully at their own hand—perhaps with the aid of a physician-prescribed suicide drug,” Emanuel suggested. “Heaven knows this would be more humane and cost-effective than stringing out their years with expensive medical treatments that exact a heavy toll on society’s scarce resources.”

“The lingering presence of humanity’s dead weight threatens to bankrupt our health care system,” the essay added. “It may be necessary to limit these oldsters’ claims on that system. Fortunately, the mechanisms in place under the Affordable Care Act already authorize the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to carry out a triage process that will allocate access to medical treatments. No longer will we remain helpless slaves to an ideology that permits individual selfishness to trump the collective good of society.”

if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...

http://azconservative.org/2014/09/27/school-board-to-add-masturbation-to-kindergarten-curriculum/


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: babyboomers; democrats; elderly; euthanasia; obamacare; satire
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1 posted on 09/29/2014 9:26:08 AM PDT by John Semmens
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To: John Semmens

Enjoy your posts. Keep up the good work


2 posted on 09/29/2014 9:27:07 AM PDT by MamaB
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To: John Semmens
Satire:

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

3 posted on 09/29/2014 9:28:18 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: John Semmens

Oops! Got me again!

I think your posts are brilliant! Keep up the good work!


4 posted on 09/29/2014 9:30:07 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me)
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To: John Semmens

Very funny, should have worked in a reference to “Logan’s Run.”


5 posted on 09/29/2014 9:30:13 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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6 posted on 09/29/2014 9:31:02 AM PDT by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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Thanks, John...most Freepers enjoy your satire, and we hope it continues!


7 posted on 09/29/2014 9:31:20 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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decepit?
That’s latin for deceive.


8 posted on 09/29/2014 9:32:54 AM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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My mom made it to 77, and that still wasn’t long enough.


9 posted on 09/29/2014 9:34:34 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Youtube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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My mom made it to 101 and enjoyed every bit of her retirement from the State of California. She was feisty to the end.


10 posted on 09/29/2014 9:41:04 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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77 is quite young today. Sorry for your loss.


11 posted on 09/29/2014 9:41:47 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me)
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Ezekiel Emmanuel [censored] dead goats. I hope doctors refuse to care for him after 75; I bet he’ll whistle a different tune then.


12 posted on 09/29/2014 9:42:28 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Avoid Bethesda for the time being.)
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1

decepit?
That’s latin for deceive.

...indeed...third person singular perfect tense active voice...


13 posted on 09/29/2014 9:43:14 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: John Semmens

It’s gotten hard to discern legit news from satire.

FReepers can benefit most from straight-forward posts, even humorous ones that are clearly humorous.

Maybe it’s just me and a few others.


14 posted on 09/29/2014 9:44:31 AM PDT by Resettozero
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Hilarious.

Always liked your stuff, JS. Thanks for posting.


15 posted on 09/29/2014 9:45:42 AM PDT by skeeter
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...couch potatoes and welfare families also have nothing to contribute to society...

just saying

- another good one John


16 posted on 09/29/2014 9:48:12 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: John Semmens; Admin Moderator
Note to mods: rein in your mods. Your job is to moderate the rules, not edit and censor content that you personally do not like.

-PJ

17 posted on 09/29/2014 9:51:48 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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Got your personal mail this AM. How do I nail the admin Mod who black balled you?


18 posted on 09/29/2014 9:52:42 AM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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My mom is 93 and still bowls, plays bridge, and does crossword puzzles.


19 posted on 09/29/2014 9:54:04 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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Thanks John for the reminder of what we are up against in a humorous way.


20 posted on 09/29/2014 10:02:54 AM PDT by BipolarBob (You can't fix stupid but you can vote them out.)
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