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Hypothetical
Published on October 7, 2007 By Draginol In Politics

If someone invented a pill that would add 25 years of robust, perfect health life to anyone who took it but cost $10,000 per month to produce the pill, is society entitled to this pill?

That is, should the government, and therefore the taxpayer pay to make sure everyone has free access to such a pill?

Clarification: You have to take this pill every month to have the benefit ($10,000 per month for the person taking it).


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on Oct 09, 2007
I guess that last thing I said is really just about the nature of money. Like how the money I'm saving for retirement today is somehow going to mean that I "deserve" to be taken care of by people who weren't even born when I did the work to make the money. It's actually how you got the money that makes you deserving, not what you spend it on.
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