• kyr7x@lemmy.caOP
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    1 year ago

    The government shouldn’t be subsidizing people or corporations

    • Samus Crankpork@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      No, the government should be taking care of it’s people. That’s literally it’s only job. Sitting on money while people are dying is a complete failure of government, and at that point it should be replaced.

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        1 year ago

        People should be taking care of themselves and each other voluntarily, government intervention shouldn’t be necessary.

        Look back in history, governments have always ruled citizens to their own benefit rather than the benefit of the citizens. There’s no reason to think this has changed

        • Samus Crankpork@beehaw.org
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          How many people do you know with the power or means to run hospitals or fund research into curing diseases? That’s what taxes are for, and that’s the only scale that works for something as big as a pandemic, or country/province-wide healthcare in general.

        • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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          This bootstraps policy is a naive fantasy. You need to learn why.

          Maybe go live in rural America for a bit. It’s sobering and catalyzing.