That was part of the contract that the govt made with them in exchange for risking their lives for our freedoms.
It is nothing like free lifetime care for people on welfare---the ones whose ACA subsidies will pay their entire premium.
So do you complain about the individuals that can't take care of themselves because of medical or mental problems also?
Is your ideology that we should euthanize these people?
Euthenasia and eugenics are both the Liberal/progressive responses.
Possibly you've heard about the Death Panel, and rationing of healthcare in Obama's plan.
1. A history lesson on Progressive plans?
a. The most revered of
liberal icons, Oliver Wendell Holmes, concurred with eugenics, to the extent that he attempted to write it into the Constitution.
In 1927, a young unwed mother named Carrie Buck was
sterilized against her will by order of the Supreme Court, decision (Buck v. Bell) written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, who said : ”The principle that sustains compulsory vaccination is broad enough to cover cutting the Fallopian tubes.”
It turned out that she was not retarded, as the state had contended. Based on the Buck Decision, more than 60 thousand were operated on across the U.S. as late as the 1970’s. And the opinion was adopted in Germany, where, within a year, some 56 thousand German ‘patients’ had been sterilized.
b.
The only vote against the state, in an 8-1 decision was the archconservative and only Catholic on the court, Pierce Butler. “Butler was a Roman Catholic and a Democrat, but was also, most importantly,
a political conservative.”
Pierce Butler
2. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-dQfb8WQvo"]Obama to Jane Sturm: Hey, take a pill - YouTube[/ame]
3. "GOV. LAMM ASSERTS ELDERLY, IF VERY ILL, HAVE 'DUTY TO DIE'
DENVER, March 28— Elderly people who are terminally ill have a ''duty to die and get out of the way'' instead of trying to prolong their lives by artificial means, Gov. Richard D. Lamm of Colorado said Tuesday."
GOV. LAMM ASSERTS ELDERLY, IF VERY ILL, HAVE 'DUTY TO DIE' - NYTimes.com
Governor Lamm was, of course, a Democrat.
Will it ever dawn on you that the Liberal/Progressive/Leftist platform has no respect for human life?