While flipping through Business Week magazine, I spied a fascinating article entitled, “Thank you for dying,” and I realized that we finally had the solution to America’s healthcare crisis. The tongue-in-cheek article comes from the new Christopher Buckley novel “Boomsday.” However, I see no reason why his modest proposal could not be successful.
You see, the problem with healthcare isn’t really a problem. It’s the perception of a problem. The system works, it’s just that seniors are now expecting more entitlement perks than the program was meant to provide. However, there is a solution!
The solution to America’s healthcare crisis is mandatory lethal injections for all seniors at age 65. This eliminates countless problems—social security, the healthcare crisis, exploding Med
icare costs—that America’s seniors are forcing onto their children and grandchildren. This would be a beautiful and selfless act from the “Me Generation” of self-absorbed Baby Boomers who are receiving their AARP cards.
And that, my dear friends at AARP, is the answer. You’re right. “I think we can do better. A lot better.”
You see, the problem with healthcare isn’t really a problem. It’s the perception of a problem. The system works, it’s just that seniors are now expecting more entitlement perks than the program was meant to provide. However, there is a solution!
The solution to America’s healthcare crisis is mandatory lethal injections for all seniors at age 65. This eliminates countless problems—social security, the healthcare crisis, exploding Med
icare costs—that America’s seniors are forcing onto their children and grandchildren. This would be a beautiful and selfless act from the “Me Generation” of self-absorbed Baby Boomers who are receiving their AARP cards.And that, my dear friends at AARP, is the answer. You’re right. “I think we can do better. A lot better.”
