cross-posted from: https://jorts.horse/users/fathermcgruder/statuses/113008342518705813
Instead of price controls to prevent gouging, why doesn’t the government build up reserves and stockpiles?
If you wanted to do that, you would just nationalize Walmart and Amazon and Kroger.
I’d be okay with that.
My soul says yes, but my brain says ‘look at how poorly our infrastructure is ran and maintained.’
They would still be Amazon, Walmart, and Kroger. The government would just own a controlling stake and sit back except to require that these companies carry enough inventory of certain products. However, I don’t believe that a government can only do things badly. There are plenty of current and historic examples of how that doesn’t have to be the case.