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To: chkoreff
Would this be an illustration of "the law of unintended consequences?"
10 posted on 12/07/2001 9:50:16 AM PST by redhead
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To: redhead
Would this be an illustration of "the law of unintended consequences?"

Precisely. Another example is the ban on DDT, which has caused the deaths of a million people from malaria. Thank you, Rachel Carson. Indeed, it is a "Silent Spring" when your village has been wiped out by malaria.

Another example might be excessively stringent restrictions on arsenic in drinking water. You can waste millions of dollars achieving ridiculously low levels, and maybe save a couple of lives. But those millions of dollars might save thousands if spent in other ways. That is also an example of "opportunity cost".

16 posted on 12/07/2001 10:38:00 AM PST by chkoreff
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To: redhead
Everything liberals do has unintended negative consequences. They are seldom called to account for them though.
32 posted on 12/07/2001 12:45:59 PM PST by kylaka
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