Note that in the last ten years 400 thousand people have died in car accidents in the United States.
Given the credible estimate that we've spent $1 trillion on anti-terrorism security (this does not include our many foreign wars), that's $62.5 billion per life saved. Is there any other risk that we are even remotely as crazy about?
In general I agree with the premise of the article, but it should say we've spent $62.5 billion per life lost (not saved). We don't know how many lives have been saved - which of course is the unanswerable challenge to any question about the tactics used.
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