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the value of life .....
It sounds like a spot of gallows humour, but the numbers are no joke: the US environmental protection agency (EPA) has lowered the value of a human life by nearly $1m under George Bush's administration.
The EPA's estimate of the "value of a statistical life" was $6.9m as of this May - down from $7.8m five years ago - according to an Associated Press study released today.- By John Richardson at 13 Jul 2008 - 7:11pm
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update on the value of life .....
Japan places the highest value on a human life, spending $11,728,000 to save a single life through improvements in public safety.
South Korea spent the least, at a measly $878,000.00 per life saved.
Health insurance companies value life at $50,000 per year of quality life, a depressingly low number compared to what government entities will pay.
The families of suicide bombers receive just $25,000 per suicide.
While the families that lossed a loved one on 9/11 received an average of $2.1 million per death, families of fallen soldiers receive a maximum of just $400,000.
Rush Limbaugh did an interesting piece about this huge disparity back in 2002.
Infographic: The Monetary Value of a Human Life