On Friday 2004-01-16 18:30, John D. Giorgis wrote: > At 01:49 PM 1/16/2004 -0700 Trent Shipley wrote: > >I can think of only a few objective reasons why the commonwealth should > >provide subsidies to ne'er do wells like myself. > > What a Nietschian hell.... >
Exactly! Libertarian paradise, Social darwinist hell, same thing. > The answer, of course, is that every human life is precious... and indeed, > in your ow terms, every human life is a unique resource. Every human life > saved has the potential to reap enormous returns. > > JDG Yes, but in my system an actuary can tell you the odds of realizing a return on that resource and how big the present value of that return is likely to be. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
