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Originally Posted by bizaro86
In both cases those are just a framing problem. If you want to estimate a building in mm first you should estimate it in metres and then multiply by a thousand.
If you want to understand the impact of billions of dollars of spending/benefits in Canada I think it's helpful to think about it on a per-person basis (ie, if you cut $2 billion in profits out of the system that's a savings of $50 per person).
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The real framing problem is looking at the profits private businesses generate and thinking the government needs to enter the market to actively manipulate the market and reduce the prices... even after being informed that margins are already very thin, profits on a per-customer basis are ridiculously small... And in light of that, looking at those numbers and the complexity of the business (real estate, supply chain, distribution, staff, etc) and still thinking "this is a business the government should get into itself"
