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Re:Health Care Doesn't Affect Health (on the margin) by ivankirigin on Thursday August 20, 2009 @02:49PM (#775794)
Corn syrup isn't addictive. I think the cigarette market would be fine without subsidies. Of course, I agree completely to remove those limits.

I find it's like solving global warming like painting a roof white, or working from home - extremely cheap and obvious ways to change things. That governments don't choose these options is likely because their goal is power, not progress.

Removing subsidies, lowering regulation, legalizing pot, etc., would all be revenue generators and add to the public good.

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Re:Health Care Doesn't Affect Health (on the margin) by anamax on Friday August 21, 2009 @09:04AM (#777438)
> I find it's like solving global warming like painting a roof white, or working from home - extremely cheap and obvious ways to change things.

Except for the part that they don't work. For example, painting your roof white saves energy in some climates but not others.

> That governments don't choose these options is likely because their goal is power, not progress.

That's half correct. The goal is power but progress isn't something that govt opposes, it's something that doesn't matter either way.

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