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Re:Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside pr... by RaceWon on Sunday April 21, 2019 @10:38PM (#19715977)
Take a close look at the USA Hospital (/Healthcare) business model. No payment of property taxes ("Hey, we're a non-profit--nothing to see here"). They get all kinds of Free labor ("Volunteering is good for the community"). They solicit and receive Every manner of donation under the Sun ("We're a Non-Profit; please help us out").

They Make Billions and Billions of dollars... just sayin

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Re:Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside pr... by derrida on Sunday April 21, 2019 @11:47PM (#19716370)
"Teacher, billy punched sally and got away with it, that means I can punch johnny too!"

As for the ethics of this CC deal: fuck 'em. :) Global speculative capital makes money on arbitrage and legal fictions that produce financial instruments all the time, if a consumer can play that game, god bless em.

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Re:Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside pr... by jimmydddd on Monday April 22, 2019 @12:02AM (#19716434)
All true. Which makes it hard to understand how so many hospitals are in financial trouble. Like you said, low taxes, volunteers, donations, and charging $600 for an aspirin -- and many can't stay afloat. Strange.
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