Tax credit proposed for organ donors

THE NEWS-TIMES [Danbury, CT] ^ | Febraury 18, 2005 | Fred Lucas

[camle]

why not simply give the families the cash up fropnt?

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Their proposal would provide a tax credit of up to $10,000 for a taxpayer who donates an organ

How much for an old piano I never play?

[Enterprise]

I know someone whose organs I want to donate!

[television is just wrong]

that is right. They should be compensated. That tax credit sounds good, but it really isn't.

[camle]

i do too, but if you really want to solve the rgan donation "Crises", then you need to do two things: Declare that one's body belongs to one's self and NOT the government, and let the market take over.

[Protagoras]

Carson said they got the idea from a constituent who received an organ transplant and thought the state should do more to recognize the sacrifice of the donor.

"She was so grateful of what had been given to her and she wanted to give something back," Carson said. "Folks don't realize the toll it takes on people (who donate)."

What's wrong with this picture?

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I heard that a guy in NYC went out for a night of drinking, and awoke the next morning in a bathtub filled with ice, a kidney missing and a tax deduction notice from the IRS lying on the floor.

[Protagoras]

why not simply give the families the cash up fropnt?

Who gives the money?

[Enterprise]

Oh, that will never do. The Government OWNS you, they just won't tell you that.

[camle]

i'd make it the recipient, certainly NOT the government. this proposal is the camle's nose under the tent where by the government assumes that it alone can compensate donors. Soon you'll have to pay a tax NOT to donate.

[camle]

what we need is an ammendment that say s that "our bodies are our own". Seems to me that i've heard that tune before, but i'd wager that those who espouse it in that context will never, never accept it under these.

[Protagoras]

I agree.

[dfwgator]

This is why the tax code will never be simplified.

[Phantom Lord]

One should be able to sell their organs if they want.

[newgeezer]

What's wrong with this picture?

Despite the "R" after her name, she's acting like a Democrat.

[Vaquero]

they stole my kidney and left me in a bathtub full of ice!!!!

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/robbery/kidney.htm

[Vaquero]

[camle]

LOL~!

[Protagoras]

Despite the "R" after her name, she's acting like a Democrat.

For the vast majority of our citizens, of both parties, government force is now the default position for any problem, real or imagined.

"There ought to be a law". Six words that should be erased form the language.