Rationing in the United States Book Number One, or the "Sugar Book"—on 4 May 1942, through more than 100,000 schoolteachers, PTA groups, and other volunteers. A national speed limit of was imposed to save fuel and rubber for tires. Later that month volunteers again helped distribute gasoline cards in 17 Atlantic and Pacific Northwest states. To get a classification and rationing stamps, one had to appear before a local War Price and Rationing Board which reported to the OPA (which was jokingly said to stand for "Only a Puny A-card"). Each person in a household received a ration book, including babies and small children who
Healthcare rationing in the United States "have a duty to die and get out of the way." Medical ethicist Daniel Callahan's 1987 "Setting Limits: Medical Goals in an Aging Society" discusses whether healthcare should be rationed by age. He calls the elderly "a new social threat" and selfish and for age to be used as a criterion in limiting healthcare. Callahan's book has been widely discussed in the America media, including the "New York Times", the "Washington Post", the "Wall Street Journal", and "just about every relevant professional and scholarly journal and newsletter." One of the major arguments against such age-based rationing is the fact that