I like how the Special Agent's affidavit just looks like his wife caught him sports betting and he figured out a way to make it look like he was really investigating a crime.
As much as I’d like to see their executive team in prison jumpsuits, I have to imagine they throw in the towel on this if the elections go as expected. They can’t possibly believe the Trump regime will be around to protect them forever.
We rightly restrict tobacco advertising because freedom to advertise is balanced with and does not always trump public health. Rights and responsibilities are not absolute, they exist in a complex tapestry of priorities.
> Legalized organ markets would go a long way towards this end
No, it wouldn't.
The only organ you can donate in whole is a kidney. Estimates for a U.S. clearing price are around $15,000 [1]. (Higher in Iran, but mostly absorbed by brokers [2].) For comparison, between CARES, the 2020 supplemental and ARP the median American adult received around $3k ($5k including child benefits). That didn't go a third of "a long way towards" eliminating all poverty.
In exchange you create a monetary incentive for donors to lie about disease status and drug use.
or, gambling is proven addictive, has provable financial costs to others.. and is therefore regulated. Precedent in Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, some medications, other things.
In other words, in a very free and fair society, I personally see the need for regulation and oversight for this activity. Is that a carte blanche for surveillance and command-and-control things? no .. this is not new, the media over which it takes place is new.
I like how the Special Agent's affidavit just looks like his wife caught him sports betting and he figured out a way to make it look like he was really investigating a crime.
Source: https://apnews.com/article/kalshi-prediction-markets-utah-42... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50293665)
As much as I’d like to see their executive team in prison jumpsuits, I have to imagine they throw in the towel on this if the elections go as expected. They can’t possibly believe the Trump regime will be around to protect them forever.
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We rightly restrict tobacco advertising because freedom to advertise is balanced with and does not always trump public health. Rights and responsibilities are not absolute, they exist in a complex tapestry of priorities.
Do you think there should be a market for voluntary live organ transplants?
Yes
Fine, but first we must eliminate all poverty.
Legalized organ markets would go a long way towards this end :)
> Legalized organ markets would go a long way towards this end
No, it wouldn't.
The only organ you can donate in whole is a kidney. Estimates for a U.S. clearing price are around $15,000 [1]. (Higher in Iran, but mostly absorbed by brokers [2].) For comparison, between CARES, the 2020 supplemental and ARP the median American adult received around $3k ($5k including child benefits). That didn't go a third of "a long way towards" eliminating all poverty.
In exchange you create a monetary incentive for donors to lie about disease status and drug use.
[1] https://stanford.edu/~alroth/AMNews_Jan.28,2008.pdf
[2] https://www.frontierspartnerships.org/journals/transplant-in...
or, gambling is proven addictive, has provable financial costs to others.. and is therefore regulated. Precedent in Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, some medications, other things.
In other words, in a very free and fair society, I personally see the need for regulation and oversight for this activity. Is that a carte blanche for surveillance and command-and-control things? no .. this is not new, the media over which it takes place is new.