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Old 09-21-2008, 07:28 PM
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Re: How Far Can Man Sink? A must read Article.

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Originally Posted by rgcraig View Post
Quoted from the article:

"Because a person afflicted with Down syndrome is only capable of being marginally productive (if at all) and requires constant care and supervision, unless a parent enjoys the wealth to provide for the lifetime of assistance that their child will require, they are essentially stranding the cost of their child's life upon others."

The same could be said about all the men/women that break the law and are in prison. They are "stranding the cost of their life upon others" - should we just kill them all to alivate the costs?
And those in nursing homes.
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