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What about the advances in science, tech, business that could be gained from providing some level of baseline care for everyone?
Extreme example would be if you had a seriously ill person who is also a genius, and it turned out that keeping them alive would benefit the rest of society greatly. Stephen Hawking for instance says he wouldn't be alive except for the NHS.
- very small percentage. if it meant 100,000 had to starve for the cost of the one smart person is that right. perhaps 1 million starvedeathboy
- million. the principle is the same jsut haggling on the costdeathboy
- and really i cant put a cost on a person. wether 100 has to suffer for soem crack ridden junkie or 1000 for a smart person..deathboy
- i think the jsut thign is to let markets decide. albeit cold and seemingly uncaring. it jsut seems more jsutdeathboy