Someone said:
Anyone who could even contemplate valuing human life in terms of how many
>dollars the person is worth need look no further to find "pure evil" than
>walk to the nearest mirror.
Bulls**t. Everybody puts a price on life. The gov't does it(or is supposed
to) when contemplating new regulations. The cost of implementation is
weighed against how many lives will be saved. If the cost is exorbitant,
the reg is shelved(or should be). Insurance companies do it every time a
new policy is priced. And consumers do it when they purchase said policies.
The examples are endless. And it is not evil: its common sense.
Hypothetical: A new AIDS treatment is discovered. Guarantees complete
recovery. Cost? 1 billion dollars per patient, and there are *no* economies
of scale to be had. Should the gov't order a big batch of these, and tax
the populace for the bill? Or force the private company that discovered the
treatment to provide it for free? Tell them to keep researching? Or reduce
inflation & kill the cap gains tax so that the marketplace can attract the
capital necessary to find a better way?
Dave Fobare
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