A newspaper headline reads: "State Officials Take on Pricing Regulations to Try to Provide Better, Dependable Income to Dairy Farmers." Is providing dependable income to dairy farmers a good policy goal for government officials? How are government officials likely to try to achieve this goal using pricing regulations?
Should government officials use regulations to try to provide dependable incomes to every business in the country? Source: Tim Darragh, "Thirsty for More Milk," Morning Call, (Allentown, PA) July 12, 2010.