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Well that is socialism. (As is our conflation of insurance and charity.) Being a form of price control, it also happens to not work very well. EDIT: and if any

• peteretep 8y ago
  I didn't downvote you, but I'll take a stab at this! > Well that is socialism As indeed is provision of roads, fire trucks, police, military and so on. For some reason, people rarely call those out > Being a form of price control, it also happens to not work very well I think there's a strong strong case that it works very well in every rich country, because they're all doing it to some degree? > forcing doctors and hospitals to provide their services at a loss This assume they're not currently making super-normal profit, which I'm far from convinced by.
  • dennis_jeeves 8y ago
    >As indeed is provision of roads, fire trucks, police, military and so on. For some reason, people rarely call those out Personally I would call out. But hey, so what if I did? As you rightly pointed out most people are convinced that they need the govt in their _many_ aspects of their lives. I'm outnumbered by people who think, that they can decide what is good for me as an individual.