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[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's "expensive" in the "right" way. The costs are paid by taxes, which are largely supplied by the 99%. The revenue, by contrast, is privatized, going to corporations owned by the 1%.

So it's only "expensive" for the masses, which lawmakers don't care about.

[–] Flickerby@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Not to mention the slave labor they gain out of it.

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

I was lumping that into "revenue"

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

👆 👆 These two guys/girls/dudes/men/women get it.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

Just another way to extract surplus created by the 99%.