If it Saves One Life and Other Meretricious Lies - American Thinker

If it Saves One Life and Other Meretricious Lies - American Thinker - By Clarice Feldman

"It’s not unusual that power-mad politicians justify depriving us of liberty using the appeal to emotion: “If it saves one life.” 

• Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo justified the statewide shutdown with this poppycock: “And if everything we do saves just one life, I’ll be happy.” 
• Former president Obama said “If we save even one life from gun violence, it’s worth it.” 
• Then vice president Joe Biden endorsed that: “As the President said, if your actions result in only saving one life, they’re worth taking.”

This is not justifiable constitutionally any more than it is factually: 

These actions often cost far more lives than the theoretical one life saved. 

Everything in life is a tradeoff...