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OT: American Politics

CH1 said:
obviously a lot more is needed...but the Hochul approach seems preferable to city run shops
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Why? I mean, if we were talking about access to a non necessity like consumer electronics or some shit, sure. But we're talking about a human necessity that the private sector has made the business decision that those people aren't worth servicing where they are. If they've chosen to not compete for those customers, we do what? Throw money at them to do it, ensuring that their minimum required profits to operate in that area are met? Why?

I like markets and think that most of the time they'll produce the best outcome and should be given a chance to fix most problems before we turn to government, but we've reached some weird fundamentalist position in the growth of north american society where if a private company can't make money doing something, it shouldn't be done. It's a deeply anti people ideology imo. When the markets ignore a problem that still needs solving, the answer isn't always PPP's or otherwisethrowing bags at a private company to provide a service they didn't find profitable. There's nothing wrong with the government (the level closest to the problem) identifying where people aren't being provided with basic necessities by the market and stepping in to provide access to human necessities.
 
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