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Kaleva

(36,294 posts)
Sun Apr 19, 2015, 05:19 PM Apr 2015

William Shatner’s $30 Billion Campaign to Save California WWII Vets

“California’s in the midst of a major veteran extinction event ,” he said. “They tell us that by 2035, not a single WWII veteran will be left. If we don't start cryogeniclly freezing them, we will soon lose the estimated 95,000 veterans that reside in the "Arsenal of Democracy". In a place that’s the fifth-largest GDP — if California were a country, it’d be fifth in line — we’re about to be veteranless! What do you do about it?”

Here’s the plan:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/0/23695785

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William Shatner’s $30 Billion Campaign to Save California WWII Vets (Original Post) Kaleva Apr 2015 OP
What? yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #1
"The Twilight Zone" in GD? WinkyDink Apr 2015 #2
far more sensible, yet people arent on board? reddread Apr 2015 #3
 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
3. far more sensible, yet people arent on board?
Sun Apr 19, 2015, 07:58 PM
Apr 2015

there is a deficit plaguing the people of america.
it is not financial.

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