Is it ethical for individuals and/or the state to charge you money for things you need to live?

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[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I think this presumes that the taxpayer actually gets what they pay for.

[TENBILLIONDOLLARS 216]

I think this presumes that the taxpayer actually gets what they pay for.

It does.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Personally, I think people are better off in countries where the government provides a support system for vulnerable people.

[Ban Hammer 12,876]

i never knew people needed brocolli to live.

[decocker 7,198]

methinks tenbilliondollars is in bed with nestle.

[Sousuke 1,214]

Its clearly related to the issue with Martin Shkreli.

[decocker 7,198]

[TENBILLIONDOLLARS 216]

i never knew people needed brocolli to live.

feel free to substitute it with the phrase 'solid food', you insufferable pedant

[TENBILLIONDOLLARS 216]

Its clearly related to the issue with Martin Shkreli.

Yes.

And this puts me in the minority here (and everywhere) but I think what Mr. Shrek did was perfectly ethical. He has a moral obligation to his stakeholders, not to patients. His moral obligation to them is to make as much money as he can for them.

Now, if he charges more than his market can support, his actual profits will drop. There's always a price point at which profits are maximized and he's ethically obligated (IMO) to find that point and charge it.

[decocker 7,198]

also, requested subsitute, 'mid-size apartments, doors negotiable'

[TENBILLIONDOLLARS 216]

also, requested subsitute, 'mid-size apartments, doors negotiable'

If a living unit was large enough for a family of 10 at the turn of the 19th century, it's large enough now.

[decocker 7,198]

Yes.

And this puts me in the minority here (and everywhere) but I think what Mr. Shrek did was perfectly ethical. He has a moral obligation to his stakeholders, not to patients. His moral obligation to them is to make as much money as he can for them.

Now, if he charges more than his market can support, his actual profits will drop. There's always a price point at which profits are maximized and he's ethically obligated (IMO) to find that point and charge it.

a true capitalist™

[TENBILLIONDOLLARS 216]

a true capitalist™

Thank you. Compliments are always appreciated.

[decocker 7,198]

If a living unit was large enough for a family of 10 at the turn of the 19th century, it's large enough now.

meh, take it up with the duggars.