Ron Paul’s supporters would rather 2 million Americans die.

A few months ago we got the Congenital Heart Futures Act introduced into both houses of Congress. This bill would instruct the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to tabulate a national registry of patients living with Congenital Heart Defects, conduct an educational campaign, and designate heart defects as a chronic illness that requires lifelong care. It would also instruct the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to authorize funds exclusively for research into Congenital Heart Defect causes and prevention. The estimated cost of this bill would be 20 million per year.

The Paulians didn’t like the fact that THEIR money was going to be spent on something not authorized by the Constitution. They included the Act in their list of egregious bills (S621 and HR1570) I answered with a blog post of my own and the war was on - fought in the comment section of their blog. Note how their standard answer (their only answer) is “The Constitution doesn’t allow that!”

I accept the fact that my life span will probably not be “four score” because of my heart, but why limit other’s lifetimes, just because you don’t like it? I always thought that the opportunity to save a life is a gift that you don’t squander.

This man and his people are, at the least, gravely misguided.