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The hidden culprit driving America’s apocalypse of boarded-up storefronts is the banks
(www.businessinsider.com)
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I actually just had an idea the other day, I have no idea if it's crazy or even feasible, but thinking of online shopping and behemoths like Amazon I was wondering why the government couldn't serve that role?
Any corporation/business can go to the "government distribution center" that has its own online shop like Amazon, would distribute via USPS/ups or whatever, and has the added benefit of requiring all products be verified as "not absolute shit or dangerous." It's not the governments decision what to sell or what is allowed other than those deemed unsafe or whatever.
No one actually loves Amazon they love the convenience of having so many things on one site. We break up a monopoly, get to employ people with better wages and working conditions, and still get the same access to the same products and potentially have an additional revenue if the costs aren't too high. Maybe we lose the same day shipping for some stuff, but for a lot of us we don't get that as it is. Prime doesn't even come in 2 days for me anymore.