a) Ah, fascetiousness. Always the best response when you can't be bothered tomake an effort, eh, argles?

b) Agreed; that's money which could very easily and with greater benefit to the betterment of society at large be spent elsewhere

c) I'm not sure that short term- emotion was what resulted in the bureaucracy heavy institution we've got (see notes above). I suspect it's long term insistence on hanging on to outdated and discredited social and political ideas which has resulted in a great deal of unnecessary suffering and waste.