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Re:Obama administration ready to put $4B toward self-driving... by enraged_camel on Thursday January 14, 2016 @11:34PM (#10907222)
>>Yes, but that much money could be used to feed, clothe, and take care of a lot of people.

You could make this argument for literally anything that isn't feeding, clothing or taking care of people, which means it is a silly argument.

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Re:Obama administration ready to put $4B toward self-driving... by horsecaptin on Friday January 15, 2016 @12:42AM (#10907458)
Not a silly argument at all. Every time we say, "lets spend $x on y", it is fair to question whether that money can be used to feed and clothe... or defend.. or fix the infrastructure, etc.
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Re:Obama administration ready to put $4B toward self-driving... by euyyn on Friday January 15, 2016 @01:31PM (#10911111)
> whether that money can be used to...

Of course it can, there's no reason it couldn't. That doesn't make it a proper challenge. One would be "instead of $4B, $X should be invested on this, because of such and such". X == 0 without details is a big red flag.

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