Discussion No, suicide prevention is not to keep you paying taxes

[rekt]

Love this, agree with your thoughts.

You didn't mention religion..most religions endorse the fundamental value of life. Personally I believe that grows out of the evolutionary origin you mentioned.

As to taxes...as an older member, I've often thought that a great way to save money on social programs would be to offer those over 62 an assisted suicide option. So many savings in social security and in health care. Longevity is a serious budget drain on individuals and on governments. Letting us elders check out would be a win-win!

As a counterpoint to that, I don't think the government would want assisted suicide to be readily accessible to seniors because the older people get, the more health problems they have and the more they feed big pharma and healthcare. Older people have increased needs in terms of medical care, operations, medications, etc.