Thursday, September 6, 2012

Good Point

From Paul Krugman's blog-
I’ve spent most of the day with a parent in the hospital; and my thoughts turned to the GOP platform, which boasts that
Our reform of healthcare will empower millions of seniors to control their personal healthcare decisions.
If you’ve ever been in this situation — and I assume that many readers have — you’ll understand what I mean by saying that empowering seniors to “control their personal healthcare decisions” is very definitely not what you want right then (or what they would want ex ante).
But I guess that IS the point of the exercise...
Mentally challenged customers are the most exploitable.