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And unless there is a sudden Socialist shift, there simply will nto eb the resources to keep *all* the uber-elderly alive.

Not if but when, socialized medicine is inevitable, likely will happen the very next time we have a democrat in the White House. Quite possibly 2008.

So now lets follow the reasoning

Government controls access to health care - who pays has the power - your argument makes perfect sense to government bureaucrats far removed from the humanity of the decisions. So rationing will take place - if your life is too "expensive" it will only make sense to put an end to it.

Oh they will advance their sophistry as we have already seen - calling it "death with dignity", "peaceful" and other such nonsense.

This just demonstrates the great divide on the issue, you can't imagine why anyone would think the life of a sick, 92 year old woman with late stage alzheimers would be worth living and I can't fanthom the depraved, utilitarian calculus that you use to arrive at that conclusion. We might as well be speaking two different languages