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minus-squarefoyrkopp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoSupplying people with basic life necessities should not need to garner a profit. This goes for food, water, shelter, but also electricity, healthcare, public transportation, and internet. (Coincidentally, most of these are basic human rights.) Society as a whole experiences net benefit (even am economic one) from those, so society as a whole should fund them. Yes, this requires taxes.
Supplying people with basic life necessities should not need to garner a profit.
This goes for food, water, shelter, but also electricity, healthcare, public transportation, and internet.
(Coincidentally, most of these are basic human rights.)
Society as a whole experiences net benefit (even am economic one) from those, so society as a whole should fund them.
Yes, this requires taxes.