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by TomSwirly 2146 days ago
> It can't be the case that anyone who ever rejects a proposal to spend money is inflicting a loss of life years.

Not all proposals are the same. A man who refuses to buy his child a new video game console is not the same as a man who refuses to pay for his child's life-saving surgery.

Your jump from "refusing to act against a deadly plague" to "refusing any spending proposal at any time" is breathtaking: I'm a little skeptical that this was a pure mistake...