• splinter@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    I agree with what you’re saying and also it feels worth pointing out how pervasive the rhetoric of profitability has become.

    We don’t talk about the military running at a loss, or the department of transport, or any other part of the government. We talk about their cost, because that’s really what it is. Services don’t “lose” money, they cost money.

    • NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      Yeah, every public service now has to turn a profit except for highways and extra lanes