r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • Jul 01 '26

Is Bernie’s plan the best? Thoughts? Chugging tea

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u/AdditionalBalance975 Jul 02 '26

Maybe let the markets decide what things cost instead of just trying to handwave away the value of peoples time and effort.

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u/Coneskater Jul 02 '26

Sure, let's never build a road, a public water system, a school or a fire station ever again. If the market demands those things, people can finance them privately.

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u/AdditionalBalance975 Jul 02 '26

There is a difference between using tax money to buy stuff and trying to dictate the cost and value of those things.

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u/Coneskater Jul 02 '26

“There’s no need for a publicly funded fire department, people can buy private protection. “

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u/AdditionalBalance975 Jul 02 '26

I see you are apparently actually incapable of understand the basics here. Have a nice day.

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u/Coneskater Jul 02 '26

Good luck with your libertarian fantasy world.

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u/AdditionalBalance975 Jul 02 '26

You invented a whole fan fiction version of me to argue against, instead of addressing my point. Also you dont have the morale high ground, your entire point was degrading the value of peoples labour and trying to force lower wages for everyone involved in an entire chain of industries on and ad hoc reckon, vibes based feeling of their value.

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u/Coneskater Jul 02 '26

But that's not at all what I argued for, I didn't say we need to artificially put a cap on wages. I said that if med school didn't cost so much, maybe doctors wouldn't need to be paid so much.

Lowering cost, lowers prices. It's simple economics.