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Re:How to make housing more affordable by kennywinker on Saturday September 25, 2021 @05:17PM (#28656250)
We don't have a free market for food in the US or Canada. Very few people outright starve here, but that's largely due to food banks, food stamps, other government or charitably funded non-market forces that prevent starvation.

> 45 million Americans rely on stipends from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to buy food each month

Yes, we have a lot of food here, but in a pure market, without money you don't get any of it.

Water is almost 100% public.

Re:How to make housing more affordable by ch4s3 on Saturday September 25, 2021 @05:28PM (#28656343)
Yeah It’s clearly more complicated than just a textbook market.