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Where I am, most grocery stores have two prices for items on the shelves. One "regular" price, and a second, lower price that only applies if one is paying with
by margalabargala 1y ago
Where I am, most grocery stores have two prices for items on the shelves. One "regular" price, and a second, lower price that only applies if one is paying with SNAP.
Feels like we're splitting hairs a bit here.
- s1artibartfast 1y agoMaybe, I have never seen such dual prices. Are they state mandated? I guess im still looking for some limiting principle. Why not just mandate that all goods are sold proportional to income.
- esseph 1y agoWhat are you so afraid of?
- riehwvfbk 1y agoThat taken to an extreme, this idea is the same as "from everyone according to their ability, to everyone according to their needs". Which sounds great, until you realize that this incentivizes needs and disincentivizes abilities.
- margalabargala 1y agoWhich really is just a manifestation of "when a metric becomes a target, it ceases to be a useful metric". There are ways to disentangle the undesirable incentives. The Nordic countries in particular have done a great job of this.
- s1artibartfast 1y agoInability to work and create for my own benefit and that of my family. Collectivization and theft of my labor value.