But the product itself faces the same problem as the toaster: cooking grains is a fairly simple task, how do you build a product that can do it better and therefore be worth a premium to consumers?

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That pain would be worth enduring if it led to a better medium-term budget outcome.

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And if one plan is much more costly, it must be expected to produce a much better outcome to be worth considering.

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But if the resulting fish is better and more edifying than the usual slimy supermarket creature, it has to be worth it.

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To claim they're worth it, CEOs don't actually have to be all that much better than the runner-up for the job.

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For better or worse, if America is to arrive at a future worth having, it will have to be led there by the Republicans.

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