The government should be allowed to start its own brand. Say that the government thinks a town or neighborhood needs more cheap food options. The government could open up a cheap grocery store, start cheap fast food franchises, lease a space to vendors to all sell food in one place, etc. If they thought somewhere needed cheap clothing options, they could open up a government-brand superstore with cheap clothes that people in the area would buy. If they thought they needed a private school for kids who want to do well in school and need to be taught separately from everyone else so they can move through material faster, they could open up a government-brand private school. They’d try to establish cheap options for needed resources, then they could move on to conquering mid-range and luxury brands. For administrative positions, they could use an advanced AI that’s currently being kept classified and was developed by government employees instead of private companies that always seem to be running out of money…and give all the profits earned back to the government. Since automation is almost here anyway, doing this would solve a lot of problems. Ethically, it would be similar to a famous billionaire starting his own company and having enough money to stay afloat long enough to draw in lifetime customers by starting off with really cheap prices. It’s a way to solve the automation/UBI/where’s the money for UBI even going to come from? argument while also giving other people the chance to start their own companies and try to fill in the map before the government establishes the businesses that are in need first.
If this is done, it will help people save money, add to the money the government can use to spend on its people, keep jobs in America instead of outsourcing as much of it as they can, and create a self-sustaining infrastructure that Americans will have access to in case of an emergency like war with China.
Edit: Lol a news article about this just came up in my Apple News thing. The one that came up on my phone was from Fox. For some reason I can’t find people talking about it in a subreddit for Democrats.
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