So far, fear has driven investors to sell consumer-exposed stocks. A basket of such companies — including Oreo cookies maker Mondelez International Inc. and Modelo beer producer Constellation Brand Inc. — is down nearly 9% since early August with losses roughly double those of the S&P 500 Index, while makers of things like insulin pumps have wiped out close to a third of their value over the same stretch amid concerns that fewer people will need their products.

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    People being more healthy and living longer also threatens the profits of health care providers and funeral homes. The government should do something about that. Maybe ban exercise, or implement a mandatory daily cheese infusion. Would that make the capitalists happy?

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        Yeah, I wonder if the makers of KRAFT EASY CHEESE CHEDDAR IN CAN have considered an IV attachment.

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      Yep, living longer? After useful labor age, while collecting social security, medicare and pensions? I can’t imagine republican politicians really wanting that.