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We should fund medicine like we fund defense. Lots of innovation and lots of profits. The US has no problem spending billions developing new weapons systems o
by alaxsxaq 12y ago
We should fund medicine like we fund defense. Lots of innovation and lots of profits. The US has no problem spending billions developing new weapons systems or finding the $10 million per day it takes to toss bombs at a fairly low-threat (historically) issue like ISIS. Put that much into dealing with Ebola and the crisis is over fairly quickly.
Says something about priorities, I guess.
- dragonwriter 12y ago> We should fund medicine like we fund defense. Pork barrel spending based on how many congressional districts the contractor can parcel out work to, irrespective of whether there is a need for the thing being purchased, or whether it cost-effectively meets the need, or whether there's even any realistic chance that the thing being purchased will ever have any practical application?