They may sell less product, but, there are ways to ensure protection of profits, and protection of taxes collected.
Volume tends to lower prices, depending on supply. prices increase, taxes increase. the public gets less, not the profiteers or tax collectors.
imho, the central reason for gov mandates is: it’s the current most-valued business model;
translation: gov-guaranteed profits. essentially, no risk.
why bother to offer “the best product at the best price,” when gov mandates guarantee your market AND profits, at any price??
appleman recently posted about vaccines, that, without mandates, “everyone” was freely choosing vaccines, anyway.
i believe it.
but, from a corporate pov, how much sweeter to remove the risk of the pesky free market, when gov can be used to guarantee??
honestly, i started putting this together in the 70’s when gov got involved with guaranteed student loans, etc.
guaranteed profits for banks! what bank wouldn’t love that?
who cares about personal responsibility? questionable need for degrees? future staggering debt for students??
banks profit, can’t lose! so, who cares about widespread collateral damage??
