Price of a life? By the time this p******c is all done the cost to GDP and government spending will, possibly, run well over 5 trillion and counting. Assuming one million lives saved...

Strycker Loc: The middle of somewhere else.

By the time this p******c is all done the cost to GDP and government spending will, possibly, run well over 5 trillion and counting. Assuming one million lives saved that is 5 million per life minimum. It could possibly run up to 50 million per life or more depending on the final number dead and total costs. So, what is a acceptable cost per life saved. 5 Million per life? 50 million per life? A billion per life? Curious, is there a cap?

Parky60 Loc: People's Republic of Illinois

Strycker wrote:

By the time this p******c is all done the cost to GDP and government spending will, possibly, run well over 5 trillion and counting. Assuming one million lives saved that is 5 million per life minimum. It could possibly run up to 50 million per life or more depending on the final number dead and total costs. So, what is a acceptable cost per life saved. 5 Million per life? 50 million per life? A billion per life? Curious, is there a cap?

Most l*****ts will say if even one life is saved it's worth it...except in the case of unborn human beings.

padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al

Strycker wrote:

By the time this p******c is all done the cost to GDP and government spending will, possibly, run well over 5 trillion and counting. Assuming one million lives saved that is 5 million per life minimum. It could possibly run up to 50 million per life or more depending on the final number dead and total costs. So, what is a acceptable cost per life saved. 5 Million per life? 50 million per life? A billion per life? Curious, is there a cap?

Ask an a******n mill the cost of a life.

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

Strycker wrote:

By the time this p******c is all done the cost to GDP and government spending will, possibly, run well over 5 trillion and counting. Assuming one million lives saved that is 5 million per life minimum. It could possibly run up to 50 million per life or more depending on the final number dead and total costs. So, what is a acceptable cost per life saved. 5 Million per life? 50 million per life? A billion per life? Curious, is there a cap?

It depends; if Democrats do it, it's waaaayy too expensive, if Republicans do it.....................price is no object.

Redangel62

Parky60 wrote:

Most l*****ts will say if even one life is saved it's worth it...except in the case of unborn human beings.

Or the elderly that they want to euthanize

Strycker Loc: The middle of somewhere else.

I didn't ask what everyone thinks others would say. I asked what one thinks is the right price. This is a question that President Trump and all the Governors and politicians have to wrestle with. Every one criticizes every politician's choices. I was curious, if one personally had to decide, what people think the value is. It can't be an unlimited amount to save even one life as that is not realistic. We don't have unlimited funds.

Searching Loc: Rural Southwest VA

lpnmajor wrote:

It depends; if Democrats do it, it's waaaayy too expensive, if Republicans do it.....................price is no object.

LogicallyRight Loc: Chicago

lpnmajor wrote:

It depends; if Democrats do it, it's waaaayy too expensive, if Republicans do it.....................price is no object.

It depends; if Republicans do it, it's waaaayy too expensive, if Democrats do it.....................price is no object.

woodguru

Redangel62 wrote:

Or the elderly that they want to euthanize

It isn't the left saying they were old and ready to die anyway, that is the FOX right wing rhetoric.

LogicallyRight Loc: Chicago

Strycker wrote:

I didn't ask what everyone thinks others would say. I asked what one thinks is the right price. This is a question that President Trump and all the Governors and politicians have to wrestle with. Every one criticizes every politician's choices. I was curious, if one personally had to decide, what people think the value is. It can't be an unlimited amount to save even one life as that is not realistic. We don't have unlimited funds.

The real problem is trying to figure out how many lives were saved. An impossible task. We just don't know who was saved, except to figure out who got it and was saved in a hospital where they would have died without the hospital care.

Another point is, how many man days were lost to productivity, and the enjoyment of life under lock down. Then measure that against about 30,000 days in the average person's life. I've lost over 30 days so far or over 1/1000 of my life sitting around pissing people off on OPP and many other useless activities. And we all have to some degree.

Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall

Strycker wrote:

I didn't ask what everyone thinks others would say. I asked what one thinks is the right price. This is a question that President Trump and all the Governors and politicians have to wrestle with. Every one criticizes every politician's choices. I was curious, if one personally had to decide, what people think the value is. It can't be an unlimited amount to save even one life as that is not realistic. We don't have unlimited funds.

Depends on the life...

Some are worth more than others... From a sociological point of view...

captainwalt Loc: Bay Area

Strycker wrote:

By the time this p******c is all done the cost to GDP and government spending will, possibly, run well over 5 trillion and counting. Assuming one million lives saved that is 5 million per life minimum. It could possibly run up to 50 million per life or more depending on the final number dead and total costs. So, what is a acceptable cost per life saved. 5 Million per life? 50 million per life? A billion per life? Curious, is there a cap?

People everyday engage in activities which are dangerous to their health - some more than others. Activities like being a commando with the Navy Seals will get one a shorter life expectancy than being an accountant in a midwestern community. But an insurance company actuarial can fairly accurately predict the risk of losing the life of one of their insureds by simply knowing the activities they engage in. Heck, crossing the street carries risks. So does getting out of bed in the morning. Asking what a life is worth is a useless exercise, simply because a person dies of C****av***s. Thousands of people (maybe tens of thousands) die in the US from causes unrelated to the v***s. Yet these same people often willingly engage in the activities which causes their demise.

FallenOak Loc: St George Utah

Redangel62 wrote:

Or the elderly that they want to euthanize

Logan's Run

LogicallyRight Loc: Chicago

captainwalt wrote:

People everyday engage in activities which are dan... (show quote)

I agree with you.

I want to point out a personal issue. You said, "Heck, crossing the street carries risks." That is so true. Twice in the last seven or eight years, I have been hit by a car while legally and carefully crossing the street in a crosswalk. I now have tendinitis in my right leg, just below the knee and right where I was hit on in the first accident. In the second accident I was hit and thrown about 15 feet, breaking my right wrist. That was about 10 months ago and my right wrist is still somewhat disabled and I have very little strength in my right wrist. Funny, but I was never hit while jay walking.

Risks are everywhere. I'm almost 80 and I would like a lot more freedom of movement in these days. I might not have many left and I'd h**e to spend them in solitary confinement. Risks are part of life.

Meanwhile, stay healthy out there.

Wonttakeitanymore

padremike wrote:

Ask an a******n mill the cost of a life.

We’re the ones paying for the a******ns they make their money selling baby parts! What I’d like to know is why when they k**l em they’re fetuses, and when they sell on the black market they’re babies!!