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That's because the government is a monopoly on buying those services from the service providers (Don't get me wrong I am fully in support). If there is less than Monopoly control by the government price controls don't work.


> That's because the government is a monopoly on buying those services from the service providers

That's called a monopsony: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/monopsony.asp

"A single buyer dominates a monopsonized market while an individual seller controls a monopolized market."


> That's because the government is a monopoly on buying those services from the service providers

That's true in some markets, but not all.




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