Re:Fishing gear accounts for an alarming amount of plastic i...
by eru on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @11:44PM
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I wasn't suggesting to give people a rebate for bread. Just the opposite.
Bread should cost whatever it fetches on the market (and that will include pigovian taxes, if any).
The amount and frequency of welfare transfers to poor people should be independent of how much bread they buy and when.
To give a concrete example: you get your welfare check at the start of the month, and the government doesn't whether you buy bread with it or noodles, and shouldn't give you a refund either way.
Bread should cost whatever it fetches on the market (and that will include pigovian taxes, if any).
The amount and frequency of welfare transfers to poor people should be independent of how much bread they buy and when.
To give a concrete example: you get your welfare check at the start of the month, and the government doesn't whether you buy bread with it or noodles, and shouldn't give you a refund either way.