# Government Involvement in Essential Industries

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-involvement-in-essential-industries/169972>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 21, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-involvement-in-essential-industries/169972 "2003-04-21T04:14:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![patternagainstuser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@patternagainstuser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/patternagainstuser)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-involvement-in-essential-industries/169972/1 "2003-04-21T04:14:25Z")

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I have a debate next weekend, where I have to make a case that the “government is responsible to support essential industries”. I’d like to hear both sides (well, in an economic debate there can be a multiplicity of viewpoints) of the issue so I can come up with a good debate.

Thanks, and fire away!

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**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-involvement-in-essential-industries/169972/2 "2003-04-21T04:17:26Z")

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Repetition will not win the debate.

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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-involvement-in-essential-industries/169972/3 "2003-04-21T04:41:48Z")

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When government gets involved in essential industries, we get massive redundancies, like…

Oh, I can’t do it. It’s too easy!