[sheepmullet]

> Everyone gets sicker and medical issues start to crop up as they get older.

I disagree. I’m old enough to have been around before we had so many health problems.

It is one of the main drivers of our quickly increasing health costs.

When I was growing up we had smoking and that’s pretty much it.

> It seems you've managed to miss the point entirely.

Most people will change their lifestyle to help their immediate family when they wouldn’t change to help taxpayers as a whole.

> I hope your family never gets ill

It’s far too late for that - I’m an old man and I’ve seen lots of people I love pass away.