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Re:$40 road tolls offer insight into commuter psychology by wyager on Thursday December 07, 2017 @08:19AM (#15869716)
> healthcare, day care, basic housing, etc. are not scarce

“Scarce” in economics doesn’t mean “rare”, it means “has a non-zero marginal cost” and usually “has a concave supply curve”.

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Re:$40 road tolls offer insight into commuter psychology by jopsen on Friday December 08, 2017 @12:09AM (#15876819)
My point wasn't to say that these were free.

Merely that they idea that everybody can't have it, and there it must be rationed by economic means is a little crazy.

We can't all have private jets; but efficiency gains in food production suggests we can easily produce enough food. We are choosing not to distribute it.

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