Turn on your television and you will find it littered with programs about hoarders and pack-rats, those who simply cannot let go of anything and whose lives are crushed as a result.

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We know the state cannot let go completely.

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And we have learned that we cannot stand by and let such atrocities go on unchecked with impunity.

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America cannot afford to let several of its big airlines go under simultaneously, for the effect on jobs and confidence could be too great.

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And insurers cannot easily favour only the best hospitals, because politicians will not let inefficient hospitals go bust.

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