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0 pointsjelliclesfarm6y ago0 comments

Health and food should be accessible to all and shouldn’t be subject to profiteering.

Labour should be compensated fairly but it should be subsidized from demand side by boosting purchasing power rather than supply side subsidies. This is of course more true for food/Ag than healthcare...but I feel it can be applicable to healthcare industry too.

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cannonedhamster6y ago

Demand side subsidies have never lowered prices in the US as far as I'm aware. The latest Trump tax breaks, the Kansas tax breaks, and pretty much every time you goose demand side they pocket the money as profit and keep charging the same. Why should they decrease their profits if the government gives them free money?

jelliclesfarmOP6y ago

While formulating a solution, it would require some enforcement. Resigning to past fates will get us nowhere.

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cannonedhamster6y ago

jelliclesfarmOP6y ago

While formulating a solution, it would require some enforcement. Resigning to past fates will get us nowhere.

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