Given that everything that happens is somehow a consequence of decision-making, the distinction between killing someone and letting her die is unconvincing. So perhaps decision makers, faced with the victims of previous policies and the future victims of current ones, would simply be happy that at last they could allocate resources in an optimally efficient way.
实际上，用枪口瞄准被害人的比喻并不恰当，因为在公共决策领域很难不扣动扳机就说明一切正常。因为实际发生的一切都是决策的结果，杀害某人和任其自生自灭之间的界限往往并不令人信服。因此也许当决策者们面对着以往政策的受害者和目前政策将来可能的受害者时，能最终把资源利用得相对高效就已经算是不错的选择。