I say no, based upon real-life examples. Government heavily subsidizes higher education, and Big Ed keeps demanding more...
“A good rule of thumb is that tuition rates will increase at about twice the general inflation rate. On average, tuition tends to increase about 8% per year.” ( FinAid – Tuition Inflation)Government already is neck deep in health care, to the point it doesn't even resemble a free market anymore...
“The cost of hospital services, which grew by 1.1% in March and 8.6% in the last 12 months, almost quadruple the 2.3% increase in the overall Consumer Price Index for the same period, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced today.
The rising costs of virtually every healthcare-related index have easily outstripped overall CPI for decades.” (Health Leaders Media – Medical Care Outstrips Inflation)Government subsidizes the sugar industry, and we all pay more. Government subsidizes ethanol, causing the price of everything to skyrocket and touching off food riots worldwide.
I'd say we've had about all the government interventions we can stand...
