# Question for the advocates of "tough medicine"

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 16, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-advocates-of-tough-medicine/653094 "2013-03-16T15:25:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-advocates-of-tough-medicine/653094/19 "2013-03-17T05:53:40Z")

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You compare a subsidy, which is money extorted from many people and given to a few, with a tax deduction, which allows someone to keep money they earned in the first place.

The answer to your question is simple. Some people are hypocrites and some are not.

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