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why?
It's really weird.
It's really weird.
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Apparently the world losing a trillion dollars is not a major issue, but countries spending money to help their own citizens is.
Add "Lethargy, stupidity, and incredible resistance to move their arses"Dogma. Legacy. Profits. Liability.
Indifference.
As discussed in my Greenwashing blogs, loosely based on the book Skewed.I also believe some of this all started back in the 1960s because of workers and others affected by chemical and biological manufacturing and accidents, after which governments (especially the UK) had deliberate policy of using bureaucracy to deny any such claims or help victims.
Because spending money on things that have less of a 'chance' of a resolution are not economic.
Because there have been plenty of breakthroughs & treatments for cancerSo why is so much money spent on Cancer?
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Because spending money on things that have less of a 'chance' of a resolution are not economic.
Spot on. Additionally, you will be more likely to get false economies under a right wing (conservative) government than left wing (progressive), because of the ideology.Classic case of false economy - saving pennies (that would be spent on solving the problem), while the problem is costing dollars.
Under a government that represents the 'left' - is this my confirmation bias.......?The CIHR (Canadian institutes of health reseach) just recognized ME as a serious disease and allowed two catalysts grants for research on ME. A few weeks ago.
https://www.facebook.com/MillionsMissingCanada/posts/362595277435534:0
5th paragraph if you open the newsletter.
Because there have been plenty of breakthroughs & treatments for cancer
Additionally its more of a 'physically observable' disease, so easier for government ministers to understand
Governments have failed us everywhere, whether left, right or centrist. I think both left and right can be appealed to, though the primary arguments to focus on might be a little different. For example I don't think the US Congress failed us much, the problem has been a lack of organized lobbying. The institutions, especially CDC, are a different story. Yet they operate under both left and right governments over time.
Misquoting badly - to err is human, to really stuff up is politics.
Private interests usually don't spend the millions required until they know enough about the subject to make good investment decisions. Getting to that point is the role of private foundations and government. There is positive expectancy around the idea of pharma getting involved, as of 2016, because the science had advanced enough that they could see an end game.think Gov't would not be as good in that regard.