When half a million Americans died and nobody noticed
"Besides," says Unz laughing, "it shows the stupidity of our political leaders that they didn't seize upon this great opportunity.  They should have just renamed Vioxx the 'Save Social Security Drug,' and distributed it free in very large doses to everyone, starting on their 65th birthday. Maybe they should have even made it mandatory, three times per day. At sufficiently large levels of national consumption, Vioxx could have almost singlehandedly eliminated all our serious budget deficit problems. 'Vioxx - The Miracle Anti-Deficit Drug'."That's so morbid.  This is the kind of dangerous idea that I'm sure many people have, but are afraid to voice publicly.