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- Feb 2017
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Why should the government protect people from their own irrational choices?
If "lack of mental energy" to think about issues and make positive choices is a problem, giving the State the right to choose is not a solution. Look at pension plans, for example. What has the State done right or better than individuals in this area? Using subsidies doesn't count.
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But if the employees are making demonstrably irrational choices because of a lack of mental energy
To not think about stuff and just follow what other people are doing is to make a rational choice.
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