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Originally Posted by Bobble
Maybe I'm naïve but I've not often seen the emergency response be greatly tied to wealth. "Someone's lost? Pull their W-2s to see if we even need to leave the dock."
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I don't think your average fishing boat would get this kind of response from the Navy and Coast Guard. I know people on boats between Cuba and Florida sure don't.
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Originally Posted by GrantDawg
If you think that the money spent on the rescue would have some how paid for cancer treatments if saved, I have a very sad thing to break to you. That was never going to happen.
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Yeah, I know it wouldn't. Just a way of seeing where our priorities are as a country. Imagine if that money went into some form of infrastructure.