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		ComputerGuru on July 21, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A drug for smallpox has been approved, even though... 1 billion isn’t even worthy of a line item in the defense budget. Stick it there as part of national security in the event of biological warfare. QED.

nojvek on July 22, 2018 [–]

Yes but that 1 billion could go to the defense contractors, lobbyists and “donations” to politicians. Why would any rational politician do that?

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