Does anyone have a link to the lady's obituary? According to the story, without government money, she was surely going to die. And, if she didn't die, then the hyperbole about the "life sustaining nutrition" was just bullshit. It goes to make me wonder just how necessary government handouts really are.
Also, she has emphysema and COPD -- what are the odds that was caused by smoking? How much money does smoking cost? $5 per day? How many years did this woman smoke? Has she quit smoking? Did she die from starvation? My point is that her being deaf isn't a money-deserving disability. There are thousands of deaf people who aren't on welfare. Her health problems would likely have been caused by years of smoking. Why should my tax dollars go to support someone who caused many of her own problems? If I bet my life savings on blackjack, should that make me eligible for government assistance? If I am an alcoholic, should I get a liver transplant?
So, unless she died from starvation, the algorithm worked. She shouldn't be getting my money just because she has had a lifetime of bad decisions. As far as the bipolar, I could point to dozens of programs in almost every state that would provide her with free care for that.
As far as the other gent, the prospective gang member, do we have any evidence of harm caused by that algorithm? Was he wrongly arrested, detained or otherwise victimized due to that algorithm? His history does seem almost textbook in terms of risk factors to commit a violent crime. Unless his rights were infringed upon, I'm not sure I understand the issue.
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Does anyone have a link to the lady's obituary? According to the story, without government money, she was surely going to die. And, if she didn't die, then the hyperbole about the "life sustaining nutrition" was just bullshit. It goes to make me wonder just how necessary government handouts really are.
Also, she has emphysema and COPD -- what are the odds that was caused by smoking? How much money does smoking cost? $5 per day? How many years did this woman smoke? Has she quit smoking? Did she die from starvation? My point is that her being deaf isn't a money-deserving disability. There are thousands of deaf people who aren't on welfare. Her health problems would likely have been caused by years of smoking. Why should my tax dollars go to support someone who caused many of her own problems? If I bet my life savings on blackjack, should that make me eligible for government assistance? If I am an alcoholic, should I get a liver transplant?
So, unless she died from starvation, the algorithm worked. She shouldn't be getting my money just because she has had a lifetime of bad decisions. As far as the bipolar, I could point to dozens of programs in almost every state that would provide her with free care for that.
As far as the other gent, the prospective gang member, do we have any evidence of harm caused by that algorithm? Was he wrongly arrested, detained or otherwise victimized due to that algorithm? His history does seem almost textbook in terms of risk factors to commit a violent crime. Unless his rights were infringed upon, I'm not sure I understand the issue.