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Should Traffic Controllers be paid during shutdowns? And should private planes receive the same access as commercial airlines during flight restrictions?


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There are many private businesses that BOTH deliver a great product to customers and profit to the shareholders.  It’s not mutually exclusive, even though thats the narrative many here love to promote.

It didn’t used to be mutually exclusive. It shouldn’t be mutually exclusive. But it is increasingly becoming so. See “enshittification.”
But to the original point, “we should run all govt functions like a business” is almost always really stupid, because business and government have quite different missions, even when business is at its best.
The purpose of govt services is to serve the public/common good.
The purpose of a business is to make money. Even if it’s run at its best, its purpose is to make money, by serving consumers in a good way so they’ll continue to buy your services.

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