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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
Now this is what cracks me up about the so-called free market capitalists. We get an earful of the free market protestations when there is a discussion of taxation, regulation, public benefits, unions, etc., but when labor refuses work at the wage offered, they act like the sky is falling if the market is allowed to function. Any non-hypocritical free market capitalist understands that if the workers won't work for the wage offered, you gotta pay more and either absorb that cost or pass it on to the customers.
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It's not a free market when you have extended unemployment benefits (free money being handed out) for people who aren't working, on one side, and government mandates (forced vaccinations as a requirement to be allowed to get or keep ones' job) on the other.
A free market capitalist would have zero, or very limited unemployment benefits that encourage people to remain out of the work force, and zero forced vaccination, which discourage some people to enter, or remain in, the work force.
The current situation is the result of manipulation, not a free market.