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Americans dying young at alarming rates, Washington Post

Discussion in 'Other health news and research' started by Jaybee00, Nov 26, 2019.

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    Jaybee00 Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    https://www.washingtonpost.com/heal...8b28ec-0d6a-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html

     
    Jaybee00, Nov 26, 2019
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    Wonko Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    They will only allow me to see the right hand side of the page without subscribing.

    Possibly this sort of thing is the reason.
     
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    Jaybee00 Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    please blame Jeff Bezos as he owns it.
     
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    Snowdrop, Nov 26, 2019
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    the answer is political simply down to economics = the drive to lower everyones quality of life in order to boost profits and reduce government costs . so no mystery whatsoever .
     
    alktipping, Nov 28, 2019
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    Is that really true though, I mean government planning that favours cars above all else (and large scale subsidisation of roads and parking), or laws that allow automatic weapons to be owned by individuals isn't really about profit in general - just as much profit could be made by re-diverting resources.
     
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    But the people who control the organisations that profit from the status quo may not also be the ones that would profit from a different situation so they use their financial resources to exert influence on policy makers to prevent change.
     
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    Which suggests that corruption of the process is the reason, rather than just the $$$ bottom line.
     
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    but they call it lobbying so it’s ok really......
     
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