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[–] 32 points 7 months ago (2 children)

True. It's a state. I can't think of a time a state did something for purely altruistic reasons.

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    Historically the US funded a lot of important medical research. Do you think they did this for altruistic reasons?

    Similarly, healthcare is beneficial to the state to keep workers healthy.

    States do many things, good and bad, but none just out of the goodness of their hearts.

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