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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
Honestly that's calculus that our society refuses to ever look at anymore. Every life, no matter what is worth infinity tax dollars and any cost spread among the rest of the public to accommodate is zero. That's how we look at everything.
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We don't like to acknowledge that trade-offs even exist, let alone take the next step and make tough decisions about those trade-offs.
In world with limited health care and police resources, it might be difficult to justify devoting increasing amounts to dealing with someone's 4th or 12th or 20th overdose. But questioning that makes people feel heartless. Easier to pretend we have infinite resources and everything can be a win-win.