We would never accept medical practitioners advising ultra-expensive and ineffective aspirins for gangrene because the cost of aspirin outweighs the cost of losing the leg. Why, then, should we tolerate such fallacious arguments when debating the costliest public policy decision in the history of mankind?
如果医生建议采用极为昂贵而又没有效果的阿斯匹林来治疗腿坏疽是因为阿斯匹林的成本要低于断腿的代价，那么我们将永远不会接受。那么，为何我们在辩论人类历史上代价最为高昂的公共政策决定的时候会容忍这样虚假的论点呢？