Re:"Equal pay for equal work" in remote jobs
by JAlexoid on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @04:36PM
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The problem with subsidies is - no one is going to willingly relinquish them.
Re:"Equal pay for equal work" in remote jobs
by bumby on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @06:12PM
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This is true; nobody wants to give up free money or a competitive advantage.
But this isn't to say subsidies are bad in and of themselves; rather it means you need strong leadership willing to make tough or even unpopular decisions. The recipient's opinion should have very little bearing on whether the subsidy is an overall good.
While true in many cases, I don't think it's always initiated this way. Many subsidies start as a social good and then perpetuate based on lobbied interests.
My favorite example is the subsidy for alpaca wool. This was started as a social good to ensure there was enough cold-weather gear to fight the Korean War. However, this subsidy continued into the mid-1990s.