> I'm still baffled why local and state govts aren't easing into a public option.
Because socialism is well known for unsustainable costs and poor service.
Because socialism is well known for unsustainable costs and poor service.
Businesses like Walmart and McDonald's should pay their own costs without relying on the crutch of the public purse.
If these businesses are so inefficient that they can't survive without handouts then it is good and proper and correct that they die off and be replaced by more efficient businesses.
h/t economist Kevin Phillips.