EUTHANASIA INC. (Next, what might some maverick regime do about its aged over-population, and the inevitable ever rising expense of their health and pensions commitments.) Joe de Santis was not an old-fashioned hit-man, what used to be known as a contract killer. His fee was reasonable and, for a modest amount extra, he would even take care of the funeral arrangements afterwards. His services were always in great demand. So many more people had elderly, and often difficult, relatives who were living to be over a hundred, Their elderly children naturally wanted to enjoy their own years of retirement, but the time and expense of attending to their tiresome parents made that plan difficult, if not impossible. It was becoming a world-wide problem, Eventually the governments of several count

