Want a Successful Democracy? Ensure that Our Government Meets Human Needs Equitably
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Hands up: Name an essential human need that is met equitably by private enterprise. Does it work for education, housing, healthcare, or pay? Anybody? Anybody? No one? Well, that’s, because simple observation tell us that the much-vaunted unregulated market invariably ensures superiority for the wealthy, mediocrity for folks of modest means, and inadequacy for folks who struggle the most economically. Our daily experience confirms this, yet pushing competitive market persists as a policy choice. A tenant in a privately-owned building reported to me that when a complaint about persistent lack of maintenance was reported to a city official, the reply was, “You get what you pay for.”
Want a Successful Democracy? Ensure that Our Government Meets Human Needs Equitably
Want a Successful Democracy? Ensure that Our…
Want a Successful Democracy? Ensure that Our Government Meets Human Needs Equitably
Hands up: Name an essential human need that is met equitably by private enterprise. Does it work for education, housing, healthcare, or pay? Anybody? Anybody? No one? Well, that’s, because simple observation tell us that the much-vaunted unregulated market invariably ensures superiority for the wealthy, mediocrity for folks of modest means, and inadequacy for folks who struggle the most economically. Our daily experience confirms this, yet pushing competitive market persists as a policy choice. A tenant in a privately-owned building reported to me that when a complaint about persistent lack of maintenance was reported to a city official, the reply was, “You get what you pay for.”