Warp wrote:
> scott <sco### [at] laptopcom> wrote:
>> Also don't forget that 
>> repaving creates traffic jams just the same way that accidents do, plus they 
>> actually cost the government financially (accidents don't).
> 
>   I don't know which government you are talking about, but at least here
> accidents always cost tax money. Health care, for instance. Also cleaning
> up the mess is done by officials, not individuals, so it costs tax money
> too. If someone involved got paralyzed, that will cost a lot of tax money.
> 

Here is the US the cost for tax money is much lower because so many 
things are not government run - health care, rescue and ambulance, tow 
truck service, etc...

Putting scott's example together with this can get a very twisted 
conclusion:

Accidents where people do not get killed are the most profitable for the 
hospitals.  Therefore if you get a few non-dead people through the door 
you can buy that $10m piece of equipment that can save the lives of 10 
people.

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