Often, this is true. However, the market will not address every need. The market has largely botched US healthcare and health insurance, for example. And we certainly would not have our national, state and local parks system, or relatively clean water and air, and many other essentials, if not for government and nonprofits. Military, roads, bridges, fire and police departments, etc. So a balance is needed that restrains the market and meets needs it won’t, while not restraining it too much.
Discussion
Wait... you believe market forces are what ruined healthcare and health insurance?!
Yeah, nah, I am not convinced that the government can deliver any service more efficiently than a private company can.
The only exception I can see is mounting a common defense (because the nature of violence means that it can be more important to be effective, than efficient), and I'm open to being wrong about that.
Valid. It’s an old, well trod argument I don’t care to get into right now. ✌️


