See How It Works!
Policy Ideas
| End subsidies for oil companies More detail | |
|
|
|
   
|
|
| Don't implement European-style austerity measures More detail | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Carbon tax - starting with gasoline - to fund clean energy development More detail | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Counterarguments
Idea #US29 - Postal Service should not be for-profit
Services for the public good shouldn't be expected to make a profit.
Counterargument
Public sector services should not be run with the same shareholder-sating rapacity as corporations, but they should also be held to some standards of efficiency. Subsidies can breed complacency and lead to the stereotypical 'I'm a civil servant who can't be fired mentality' that we all hate. They need not be profitable, but they should incorporate innovation (and employee standards!) to stay competitive.
1 Topic
Discussion
post by EcoHawk on May 14
Idea #US26 - Subsidies would be better spent elsewhere (3 replies)
(view source)