This is a good example of why public policy should, in principle, just do the right thing for the people merely for the sake of doing the right thing--most of t

This is a good example of why public policy should, in principle, just do the right thing for the people merely for the sake of doing the right thing--most of the time it works out in your group's self interest. Sometimes in public policy it seems like we forget that we evolved to care about right and wrong for our own survival. And yes, there are contentious topics which reasonable people can disagree on, but many are essentially the people vs special interest groups (pollution, healthcare, military expansion, etc)