The US government can't sustainably provide a safety net that provides basic needs (whether this is because of finances or because of ideology is a debate I'm not getting into).
And getting rid of the free market is not an option for us either.
So if we are not going to let people starve in the snow every time the raw forces of economics kill a market or shift all production somewhere else, they should have some help to find new footing.
The US government can't sustainably provide a safety net that provides basic needs (whether this is because of finances or because of ideology is a debate I'm not getting into).
And getting rid of the free market is not an option for us either.
So if we are not going to let people starve in the snow every time the raw forces of economics kill a market or shift all production somewhere else, they should have some help to find new footing.