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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute
More people will still die of heart disease and strokes than of AIDS. Whynot spend more on education and prevention of heart disease and strokes?
I'm against my tax dollars being spent for AIDS treatment because it's a preventable disease. We have other problems in our country where money could be better used - like reducing the deficit.
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I don't have a problem with spending on either of those diseases. We should be trying to cure them with whatever resources we can muster as well. The issue I see with AIDS is that many are upset about the funding AIDS gets because they view it as a disease contracted by irresponsible individuals (which is, sadly, often a valid concern). I don't think, however, the answer is to withhold funding from AIDS research, and I think focusing on the small group that contracts AIDS through willfully negligent behavior harms the overall search for a cure to AIDS.