I have believed for some time that we are heading into an “Entitlements Crash” where the number of government handout that are mandated by Law have increased to the point that even with 100% taxation and borrowing like mad that the payments won’t be able to continue because the Government will have to declare bankruptcy.
I can therefore foresee more and more “schemes” to reduce the number of beneficiaries to these Entitlements. And getting the recipients to self-terminate really is a huge money saver.
I can also foresee more encouragement to take up dangerous lifestyles so as to self-terminate even earlier. And I just don’t mean just sexual lifestyles, I also mean thrill seekers, more drug usage, (great for Overdose deaths there), and bunch more that don’t come to mind right away.
We will come full circle ... smoking will be encouraged, as will obesity, no seat belts in cars, no helmets for motorcycles, etc. There was an old Woodie Allen movie (can't remember the name) where the world finally discovered that french fries and ice cream were good for you. We laughed at the movie back then, never thinking that such notions would ever come to pass.
Up is down, down is up, right is wrong, wrong is right. What a world we're in!