Time Magazine is dignified, respected

Time magazine has a history of sensationalizing every story that graces it's pages. Picking out small, seemingly inconsequential stories and blowing them up to hysterical proportions the way they did during "The summer of shark". But, thankfully, during these difficult economic times they've worked really hard to make sure and keep their reporting substantial and understated. Haha just kidding. Did you know that Americans are so fucking poor that they can't even dispose of their own family members' corpses?!?!?!

Have economic times gotten so bad that some of the dead are going unburied?[Ed. Note: No no they're not. Regardless of whether the family can afford it, the corpses are still buried] Several large counties across the country are experiencing unprecedented increases in the number of unclaimed deceased — not only because the dead person could not be unidentified, was indigent or was estranged from their family, but apparently because more people simply cannot afford to bury or cremate their loved ones. The phenomenon has led to increased costs to local governments that have to dispose of the bodies. [Source: www.time.com]

Well, I've got a shovel and a decent back yard. For an extra fifty I'll even tie some sticks into the shape of a cross. I can't be held responsible if animals get at the grave though. My arms are a little too weak to get more than three or four feet down (all of my strength is in my legs *grrr*). If the economy is this fucking bad though, why don't we just use these bodies to feed the homeless/unemployed? What? Apparently times are too tough to be sensitive.