You forgot second order effects. Leg gets fixed - you get back to work - goods and services are rendered, taxed, consumed and saved.
Your neighbor benefits by having an individual in whom society has invested millions in to train and care for back at work instead of being dead. That's a waste of money.
Humans are worth saving simply because we invest so much in them.
Your neighbor benefits by having an individual in whom society has invested millions in to train and care for back at work instead of being dead. That's a waste of money.
Humans are worth saving simply because we invest so much in them.