Ideas have consequences

Prepare yourself.

While traveling recently to visit relatives I attended a coffee shop round table within this fine community with a relative who is a daily regular participant. It was interesting that their issues were similar as the other round tables I have attended. However, some how the discussion got turned into a thought provoking exercise about what is a life worth. The discussion was centered around a gentleman I assumed that most seated knew or had known. Perhaps he had been a participant in the past. The discussion centered around many topics with regards to the worth of a life.

In summary the value of a life relates to how much we are willing to pay to try to sustain one, it really does not as it plays out in the real world, unless you have an unlimited amount of money, which most of us, much less the government or insurance companies, don't have. Rather than ask how much are we willing to pay, the real question is, "How much can we afford?"

Ideas have consequences. Prepare yourself.