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It's worth noting that in Europe things like this are illegal: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/overview/index_en.html http://ec.europa.eu/competition/
by asr 8y ago
It's worth noting that in Europe things like this are illegal: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/overview/index_en.html http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/overview/index_en.....
So the idea that it would just be too hard to make this illegal (which I see in at least a few comments) is wrong. We could have laws at the federal level that prevent it. (I'm sure there would be constitutional challenges but that's a separate--and in my view surmountable--issue.)
- gnopgnip 8y agoIs what happened with Amazon really fundamentally different than the state building a hospital, staffed by private practice doctors, or a university?
- everybodyknows 8y agoFully agree on principle -- but enforcement remains problematic: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-37444780 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-37444780 An erratically enforced law may be worse than no law at all.