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Re:France could nationalize big companies if necessary: fina... by WalterBright on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @07:06PM (#22611609)
That proposal is just a complicated and inefficient bureaucratic reinvention of a supply & demand marketplace. Just let S&D do its thing and take its course, and people will get water.
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Re:France could nationalize big companies if necessary: fina... by int_19h on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @01:21AM (#22613870)
Some people will get water. And some will get priced out of the market.
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Re:France could nationalize big companies if necessary: fina... by WalterBright on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @02:42AM (#22614226)
Higher prices INCREASE the supply. I.e. MORE people get water.
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Re:France could nationalize big companies if necessary: fina... by int_19h on Thursday March 19, 2020 @03:43AM (#22625409)
Or same people get more water.
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