The great thing about markets is people get to vote on what’s important to them. The bad thing about government programs is they can force everyone else to pay

The great thing about markets is people get to vote on what’s important to them. The bad thing about government programs is they can force everyone else to pay for what’s important to a few loud voices. There are lots of high quality subscriber news agencies struggling because their services aren’t that important to most people. Using the state to force people to subsidize that won’t make them care more.