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Explain it again. Ending subsidies ends market distortions. Why is this leftist? What is your preferred adjective for a party that wants to pick winners (for o
by Arnt 11mo ago
Explain it again. Ending subsidies ends market distortions. Why is this leftist?
What is your preferred adjective for a party that wants to pick winners (for one market sector, many sectors, all) and your preferred adjective for a party that wants to let new companies drive old ones into bankruptcy?
- mcv 11mo agoThese are corporate subsidies to an industry that really doesn't need any further help. They're subsidies for pollution. Care for the environment is also often considered a left-wing issue. The left is not in favour of market distortion, it's in favour of a fair market. Not one where profits are privatised while costs are socialised. Many people on the left want oil to be taxed rather than subsidised.