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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: The Affordability Tour Kicks Off
Date: 12/16/25 9:28 PM
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The amount of economic damage you would inflict on virtually everyone who is employed in the health care industry would be massive.

Hang on a sec...(cleaning out ears)...are you saying we *need* to provide employment for legions of redundant paper shufflers, who do nothing productive, at the expense of everyone else? /sarcasm I heard an argument like this some 60 years ago, when the railroad engineers union opposed the elimination of coal stokers, on diesel locomotives. The stokers were eliminated anyway, and, somehow, the national economy did not collapse. /more sarcasm

Some radical named Tom wrote about this a while back.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.

billofrightsinstitute.org - Declaration of independence

Are the insurance companies the ultimate welfare queens? Is that the best use of the money the rest of us earn by productive work?

Steve
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