210
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

You're making a slippery slope argument? I think?

This proposal is well-researched and is attempting to make donation financially neutral, so there is no reason somebody would sell their kidney for financial gain.

You're just imagining a different, ghoulish system being proposed and attacking that rather than actually considering the proposal mentioned, which could save many lives and end a lot of suffering -- and would not exploit the lower class to ghoulishly take their kidneys.

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

How is a $50,000 refundable tax credit supposed to be financially neutral? That's very clearly a financial gain! A refundable tax credit means that the donor will receive either a credit on federal taxes for five years of $10,000 per year if they pay federal taxes, or a check from the government for $10,000 for five years if they do not pay federal taxes. That would be a life-changing amount of money for a lot of people.

[-] alexandra_kollontai@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago

You're making an ad hominem argument? I think?

[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Absolutely not. Ad hominem would be if I attacked the character of whatup without addressing their argument, like if I said "in your post history you advocate for genocide, so why should I listen to you?" (not that they did this ofc.)

this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2024
210 points (100.0% liked)

chapotraphouse

13535 readers
932 users here now

Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.

No anti-nautilism posts. See: Eco-fascism Primer

Gossip posts go in c/gossip. Don't post low-hanging fruit here after it gets removed from c/gossip

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS