return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 days agoElon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrakwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1487arrow-down115
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minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 days agoFfs. Not everything fits cleanly into a for-profit model. Health care, postal service, and public transportation are great examples. This is how we know that billionaires are grifters far more than they are economists.
minus-squarenomy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoYeah but healthcare, mail, and transportation are things people need to survive. That’s means you can jack that price up all you want and the customer can’t do anything about it. Infinite money baby!
Ffs. Not everything fits cleanly into a for-profit model. Health care, postal service, and public transportation are great examples.
This is how we know that billionaires are grifters far more than they are economists.
Yeah but healthcare, mail, and transportation are things people need to survive. That’s means you can jack that price up all you want and the customer can’t do anything about it. Infinite money baby!