Rather than cutting SNAP, let's just impose a "cheap labor vulture" tax on Walton family to pay for the SNAP subsidy they rely on.
@cal_abel You are basically BOTH advocating slavery (unpaid work) AND free subsidies to billionaires.
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@emptywheel What are the competitive constraints that those billionaire business owners face? -
@cal_abel Very little. Which is part of problem. Libertarians supposed to support MARKETS not oligopolists, an enormous threat to freedom. -
@emptywheel You seem to lack a great deal of trust for EVERY individual to act in their own best interest. -
@cal_abel Again, you're very cute. But your theories involve unicorns, not oligopolists. -
@emptywheel My point centers around Hayek's, 1947 paper http://emilyskarbek.com/uploads/The_Use_of_Knowledge_in_Society_-_Hayek.pdf … well worth the read. -
@cal_abel Yes. I know where your unicorns come from. They're still unicorns that serve interests of freedom-destroying oligopolists. -
@emptywheel Your unicorn comes form the idea that you and others can presume to know what is best for all. Just a tad arrogant. -
@cal_abel Hey, you're saying that subsidizing billionaires is better for us. That's even more arrogant. - 10 more replies
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@emptywheel The pie is not a fixed size, when we engage in voluntary exchange both parties are better off for the exchange. Pie is larger -
@cal_abel Again, your theories are cute, but irrelevant in a market dominated by oligopolists.
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