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The costs to the country are, as we do have a tax paid health care system, the costs of whatever extra medical treatment I require as a result of drinking myself to death (perhaps plus any extra police costs as a result of my being blotto).
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The CFPB would like to see some regulation of these folks, but I have a simpler plan: Require anyone who sells a financial product to become a fiduciary.
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While I do think a recovery plan is needed, and that any recovery plan will require a Greek bailout, I also believe that if Greeks do not want to pay the necessary taxes to sustain a very large public sector and if Greek officials are incapable of undoing a culture of corruption, any bailout will only stem the bleeding.
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