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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
I was saying the same thing to a friend of mine just a few days ago. Really, if we wanted to improve the fiscal state of our provinces, what we really need to do is PROMOTE MORE SMOKING. Or something else that causes something like heart disease. Something where people die immediately of a heart attack or something. It's when people need 10 to 20 years of hospice care like my great uncle who was in a government nursing care unit from the age of 83 to 103. Not that I begrudge Bill his 20 years of nursing care, but extending peoples lives beyond the point that they can physically take care of themselves is going to be costly.
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If you want to look at things purely from an economic standpoint (however, gruesome that is), you're right. Although I would say, wait until people are within about 15 years of retirement before getting them addicted. That way you'd maximize their working productivity, while ensuring that they die soon after retirement.