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Every Day I’m Shoveling

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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We Spend, You Know, This Is Why Is It Important?

I've always been suspicious of people who think that because market or capitalism has led to what, you know, the favorite term for every green activist is externality. These externalities that are end up being public expenses because corporations don't deal with them. Air pollution is a classic example, right? The factories didn't pay anything to prevent air pollution, but then all of those costs are borne by taxpayers generally. We spend something on like $300 billion, $350 billion a year on Alzheimer's and Alzheimer's like ailments. Because we're basically just treating very old people who need constant care and supervision. It's incredibly labor intensive. And I'm not going to Canada, euthanasia

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