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Larry Adelman, creator of the documentary Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?, explains the famous "Whitehall study," the first major examination of class-based health inequality. Adelman explains that the additional stress posed by low incomes and resulting instability can actually wear down people's organs.
These are very good reasons to limit the size of government and it's power over individuals. It's stressful enough to have to deal with a boss at a job that you can leave whenever you choose without an intrusive bureaucracy regimenting your life.
oTANSTAAFLo 9 months ago