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Governments are supposed to take care of the society during times of need, especially catastrophes, wars, pandemics. If the 'free market' is collapsing because
by unity1001 5y ago
Governments are supposed to take care of the society during times of need, especially catastrophes, wars, pandemics.
If the 'free market' is collapsing because people are getting some few hundred dollars stipend in the middle of a pandemic to let them be able to buy food, then free market should collapse because it is utterly defunct. There are no two ways about that.
- josephcsible 5y ago> Governments are supposed to take care of the society during times of need, especially catastrophes, wars, pandemics. The free money made sense for that reason during, e.g., April 2020, when almost every business was closed and jobs weren't available. But once the jobs became available again, not so much.
- unity1001 5y agoPandemic goes on, people dying everywhere, 30 million without healthcare, even tests costs money. People dont want to risk their lives for dimes. That's the gist of it. In a civilized country, nobody would be working for a few hundred dollars and then trying to gather a few hundred more via 'tips' and still not be able to manage to feed their family with 2 adults working. In US, that's the case. This pandemic has just broke the already dysfunctional service sector which leeched on its customers and food stamps for its employees to be able to stay afloat to maximize its profits