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		coding123 on March 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Surviving the coronavirus, then testing positive a... With the economy strangled, how would it be possible to build more hospitals. At some point you can't ask people that don't want to do it to work for free.

knzhou on March 13, 2020 | [–]

Well, the point of having a government at all is to be able to step in when businesses can't afford to do something, or aren't incentivized to.

xur17 on March 13, 2020 | | [–]

They don't have to work for free - the government can pay them.

mrfusion on March 13, 2020 | [–]

you don’t seem to be suggesting an alternative.

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