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To: Lane3 who wrote (106028)3/26/2005 12:59:20 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 793691
 
Economies are not zero-sum games. The money that is spent keeping sick people alive goes to nurses, doctors, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and they use that to pay for their own food, clothing, and shelter.

I can buy the argument that it's not a necessity for survival of the species, just a luxury, but no more of a "waste" of money than money spent on flowers or music or stained glass windows.

Spending money on things that matter to you is not the same as wasting money. It's a mystery to me how it works, but it works. That's the incontrovertible truth.
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