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Smoking a cigarette harms society. Rich people can afford to compensate society for the harm they inflict, so that society comes out ahead.

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But do they? Or does their platinum-level insurance pay for the new lungs, which really comes out of the working-persons' pocket?

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0 pointsim3w1l7y ago0 comments

Smoking a cigarette harms society. Rich people can afford to compensate society for the harm they inflict, so that society comes out ahead.

But do they? Or does their platinum-level insurance pay for the new lungs, which really comes out of the working-persons' pocket?

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