"No, it's not," Elizabeth agrees. She saw Finkton, she saw people living in poverty because their employer refused to pay them enough to have a better life. She saw what happened when those people were given means to push back, too... "People are entitled to life. Whether or not you're rich shouldn't dictate if you live or die. It creates a culture of people who believe the poor are less than human and deserve to struggle or be in pain for not having money."

She smiles faintly, trying to brighten the mood a little. "Just wait until the end, though. Alright, where was I... Right-- '"--will find him here. What then? If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."

Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the Spirit, and was overcome with penitence and grief...'"