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Re:Demand for medical equipment is making air cargo fees ‘cr... by kube-system on Monday March 30, 2020 @02:47PM (#22730940)
We have done some protectionism of other strategic industries, but those policies usually get a lot criticism when people aren't thinking that disaster is waiting around the corner.

See: farm subsidies

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Re:Demand for medical equipment is making air cargo fees ‘cr... by katmannthree on Monday March 30, 2020 @07:24PM (#22733199)
I think a lot of the criticism towards farm subsidies is less about the actual subsidy itself and more about perceived hypocrisy in the system for supporting only certain industries.

It doesn't help that many of those on the receiving end of the subsidies hold highly individualistic political positions while benefiting from diametrically opposed socialist policies.

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