Reversing aging is why the GOP so wants to get rid of health care

[applegrove]

entitlements. There will not be enough room on the planet once people can live to be over 100 en masses. We should have a public discussion now. Am I wrong?

https://www.labroots.com/trending/clinical-and-molecular-dx/5615/scientists-reverse-signs-aging-mice

[Demonaut]

1. got to thin the herd somehow

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. That's a long shot; the real reason is much simpler.

The GOP does not believe that government has a role in managing any aspect of health care delivery because they don't believe in expending funds for any kind of social welfare and they don't believe in progressive taxation. The Trumpcare bill was just a Trojan horse for a tax cut for the wealthy.

[Liberal In Texas]

12. +1

[WinkyDink]

3. I'm thinking billionaires are pushing for more money so they can build their 20-year bunkers---or go

live on Mars.

[applegrove]

4. But if you have access to an anti ageing medicine you will need more millions to

live in the style you are accustomed to for an extra 25 to 50 years.

[LaydeeBug]

5. Yes. nt

[winetourdriver01]

6. Cull

Yes, it's been obvious for a while that the republicans are looking to reduce the population (of everyone not them). Healthcare for all does not fit their game plan. At all.

[NickB79]

7. Climate change will thin the herd by several billion by century's end

But come to think about it, the GOP is also speeding up climate change.......

[applegrove]

8. And the most poisonous parts of the world are currently southern Asia, the middle east

and Northern Africa.

[KT2000]

9. we will not reverse aging

for the masses. Our planet is bathed in chemicals that are affecting the health of the population. The power of corporations will assure that remains the status quo.
These chemicals are contributing to cancer rates, increase in children's cancers, neurological damage to children (learning disabilities, behavior problems, etc) These chemicals are also contributing to gender confusion. The worst damage occurs in the third generation from the person exposed, not the second so we are about to see what that means.

The very wealthy may reverse aging but people living in polluted environments will continue to suffer consequences.

[Mariana]

10. They're not thinking that far ahead.

They're much more in the here and now. Here and now, most Republican voters don't want to pay any taxes. No matter how little they pay, they resent it and they raise hell about it to their reps. If they must pay taxes, they don't want a cent of that money to go to anyone they consider to be "undeserving" which is just about everyone except them. I also think most of them vastly overestimate how much they pay in taxes, and they also vastly overestimate how much assistance poor people receive.

[briv1016]

11. Trust me, the "hold my beer and watch this" demographic will keep life expectancy in check.

[Ilsa]

13. I think scientists have said that we've

Pretty much reached the limits to life expectancy. Only severe (dangerous) genetic manipulation might make a difference.

Still, the planet has too many people.