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It has huge policy implications. Some people push gun controls because of it, or install fences at bridges and subway stations that can cost in the billion doll
by dasudasu 6y ago
It has huge policy implications. Some people push gun controls because of it, or install fences at bridges and subway stations that can cost in the billion dollar range.
- fulafel 6y agoBut isn't this all the more reason to research the causes and direct the policy measures there?
- GaryNumanVevo 6y agoIn all fairness, it's vastly easier to put up a fence over a bridge or regulate firearm purchases than fix systemic social and economic issues wholesale.
- fulafel 6y agoI'm not sure it is - we know how to eg address poverty with income transfers and increase availability of free mental health services, and how to raise the temporary revenue for it (temporary because it pays for itself)
- stallmanite 6y agoYou’re 100% correct. These things don’t happen because apparently those who can make it happen don’t actually want that outcome.