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[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

"Ghoulish" is a little knee-jerk, don't you think?

The proposed method to incentivize kidney donations seems well thought-out and non-coercive. It is structured in a way that makes it impossible or at least very difficult to sell a kidney as a way to "get rich quick" (get out of debt quick). Because it's awarded as tax credits, impoverished people would have little incentive to sell.

Meanwhile, the kidneys will go disproportionately to the poor and to the disadvantaged, since rich and advantaged people apparently have much less trouble finding volunteer donors.

There is a huge need for kidneys. Kidney failure causes great suffering. Having a second kidney isn't very useful. Why not cautiously incentivize donation?

Edit: I think people aren't realizing these are tax credits. Impoverished people who can't afford necessities won't be able to get any money from this.

Edit (2): Okay so apparently these are refundable tax credits, which rather skews things. But there are apparently a number of other safeguards the proposal would put in place to prevent ghoulish kidney harvesting. I think this proposal should really be taken seriously and considered carefully rather than dismissing it outright as "ghoulish" because it has the potential to save a lot of lives, especially low-income and disadvantaged lives.

[-] Maoo@hexbear.net 46 points 7 months ago

Having the poors sell their organs is ghoulish, yes. No need to outsmart yourself.

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[-] zifnab25@hexbear.net 34 points 7 months ago

There is a huge need for kidneys.

Shove tons of salt and sugar into every available fast food venue

"Damn, son, there sure are a lot of failed kidneys happening all of a sudden. Maybe we should legalize cannibalism to alleviate the problem?"

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[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 7 months ago

PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SELL THEIR ORGANS JUST TO AFFORD TO BE ABLE TO LIVE.

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[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 26 points 7 months ago

Ghoulish" is a little knee-jerk, don't you think?

Nah, this is every bit as ghoulish as those "want to buy textbooks? Sell your blood!" ads that make the rounds here

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 24 points 7 months ago

The proposed method to incentivize kidney donations seems well thought-out and non-coercive... Having a second kidney isn't very useful.

Thank you. I am stealing such things for future neoliberal (etc) parodies. Yeesh.

Ninja edit 1: In fact - I'm going to bookmark you because you are clearly a goldmine for parody!

Ninja edit 2: I scrolled down your profile - highly disturbing but amazing content.

[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

I'm... glad to be of service?

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[-] TheLastHero@hexbear.net 15 points 7 months ago

If you are so concerned about the availability of organs, how about instead of exploiting the desperation and suffering of still living people to rip their kidneys out, we institute universal deceased organ donation first?

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