• InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    They can be for profit.

    But limited, a landlord has 1-2 apartments, not 50, and corporations are right out, as are foreign owners.

    Housing needs to be about housing, healthcare needs to focus on healthcare.

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      5 months ago

      Housing needs to be about housing, healthcare needs to focus on healthcare.

      That’s why I think profit needs to be eliminated from the equation. With it, the priority will always be maximizing profit, with providing a quality product or service being secondary, or even incidental.

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        5 months ago

        We used to be able to pull it off, then citizens united and other lobbying meant corporations can ‘add to cart’ any laws they want.

        Break campaign finance and things can actually get better.