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Re:The Hertz Story Isn’t What You Think by achillesheels on Monday June 01, 2020 @04:22PM (#23383306)
And this summarizes the core problem with "moral hazards". Private companies which actually "prepare" for uncertain market conditions are not being rewarded right now.

To make this more concrete, let me give you a recent example for advertising. I was watching a YouTube clip from user Jomboy Media about a baseball strike-out. I noticed in the background the stadium seats had Delta decals for marketing purposes. The fact Delta is permitted, effectively by government authority, to continue to advertise in the "market" because of their bail-out, distorts supply and demand. Namely, Tyson Foods, which was able to be assiduous with their profits over the years and provided wages to their employees during the pandemic, suffer from this blatant "synthetic" market competition.

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