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A tax won't solve anything, agreed, unless it's on the order of 10,000% or more. Restricting antibiotics (further than they are currently) may or may not help,
by alexeisadeski3 13y ago
A tax won't solve anything, agreed, unless it's on the order of 10,000% or more.
Restricting antibiotics (further than they are currently) may or may not help, but is certainly within the purview of a limited libertarian state.
Restricting most (all?) other medications is not.
- dllthomas 13y agoAntibiotics are used in commercial farming because they increase weight. The tax simply needs to be enough that (weight(antibioticked cow) - weight(non-antibioticked cow))*(price of beef) < (cost of antibiotics). Maybe that's "on the order of 10,000% or more", but I'd like to see numbers.
- alexeisadeski3 13y agoAntibiotics are overused outside of commercial farming too.
- dllthomas 13y agoYes, but commercial farming is the single largest use of antibiotics. Cutting out that use would significantly improve things. We should continue to address other issues (educational campaigns hammering home the fact that antibiotics do nothing for viruses, and encouraging completion of the full course when you are taking antibiotics).