Re: Georgists, DEFINITELY not the sharpest pencils in the box!

Peter Bjørn Perlsø wrote:

Some of the subsidies have positive externalities. Then what?

WHich ones, out of curiosity?

Paying for someone's vaccination if they cannot afford it so the rest of us don't get the disease and other forms of public health.

Paying for the poors' education is another one, which makes our society more productive and stable.

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