Saturday, March 12, 2005
NEW BANKRUPTCY BILL INCLUDES MANDATORY ORGAN DONATION
Washington – A new bankruptcy bill passed by the Senate last week would make kidney donation mandatory for all persons seeking protection under the federal bankruptcy laws. The new law has been the subject of intense lobbying by the credit card and banking industries.
Said B. Simon Simpkins, president of the American Association of Credit Squeezers, “There’s absolutely no good reason why a person with two perfectly good kidneys should be able to get out of paying their credit card bills, which our members very generously helped them to get in the first place.”
An earlier version of the bill that included mandatory lung, liver and heart donation failed to pass by a one-vote margin, after industry sources realized that it might leave them with fewer customers.
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I think the mortuary lobby had a big hand in defeating this, would cut into their profits (you don't honestly think they leave the bodies intact do you?).
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