• Iunnrais
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    1 year ago

    Socialism works, people. Particularly (though not limited to) for things with a vertical demand curve— necessities. Food, water, and now electricity and internet.

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        1 year ago

        Yes. Different books call the phenomenon by different names, but it amounts to the same thing.

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      1 year ago

      Hmm, where water is heavily subsidized like in the UAE (I think, I could be wrong about the country) water usage is much higher than it would be naturally. Especially with things like irrigation. I know I would take much shorter and less frequent showers if water was super expensive. So I don’t think water is necessary a vertical demand curve.

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    1 year ago

    Utility rate payers and taxpayers are paying money to CMP to fund the campaign to prevent them from getting bought out.