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There are some policies that the EU introduce which make some level of sense but have unfortunate consequences. I remember one such case with regards to Estoni
by dijit 4y ago
There are some policies that the EU introduce which make some level of sense but have unfortunate consequences.
I remember one such case with regards to Estonian air.
For those that don't know, estonian air was losing a _lot_ of money, but the Estonian government kept bailing them out. In fact it was considered the "cost of doing business" and took it as a form of investment in tourism.
Of course, this is still a private company, and subsidising the airline means that nobody can possibly compete at that price point.
So the EU ruling is sound, but the effect is that people are having a lot harder time getting to Estonia now.. which is a net loss for Estonia overall.
Saying the EU doesn't serve the people is a bit of a lie, but there are circumstances where the EU does something and a subset of people are worse off, even if it's a better idea.
- matwood 4y ago> estonian air was losing a _lot_ of money, but the Estonian government kept bailing them out Sounds like nearly every airline since airlines started. “The quickest way to become a millionaire in the airline business is to start out as a billionaire.” - Branson
- sylware 4y agoEU is _BIG_... and you have bad apples everywhere popping up all the time which need to be cleanup all the time.
- pas 4y agothe problem was favoring that one company over all the others. Estonia is free to subsidize flights to Estonia, but they should do it through tax rebate or something not through propping up one unprofitable state owned company.