Why can't it be a business? It's a free market here in America, and people like you are trying to make it into a socialist economy. Socialism is a stepping stone to the communist ideal. But there are lots of problems with that.
I have a quote from an Eastern European who has experienced Communism/Socialism. It's a pretty powerful statement and I think this is how you should be educating yourselves. I'll give it to you.
"I did live in one of the Eastern European communist countries.
You can discuss your heads off and you will not know what it really is. There are some jokers online who compare the American Conservative movement to the Communists, but they are just lunatics. Communists were killing and subjugating people to a horrendous way of life. You had no opportunities, no hope, and you could be killed for no reason in the name of communism.
Nobody kills people for political opinions in the USA.
Socialism is the first step to the communist 'nirvana'. Socialists allow for some capitalist activity to maintain somewhat healthy economies but control the capitalist at every step.
Both socialism and communism are deviated systems where some bureaucrat tells you how to live, what to drive, what to buy, and where to work.
... [In the topic they were talking about Nazis and Stalin, so I emitted it]
All of you should be very careful embracing socialism. It will for sure lead to atrocities. Because you would give the decision of everything to the bureaucrat or the fellow traveling politician. Do not be a useful idiot, who helps socialism to be instilled in the free society, because after it is in power you will be the first to go. If you think it cannot happen here, watch out. Socialists of Western Europe are slouching to the communist dictatorship of the 'masses' and there will be no return.
Socialists/Communists will always deny reality of their systems. And when eliminated they spew lies and hysteria about the opposition. General Pinochet in Chile was ruthless, but only to communists (about 3500), which was a good lesson for the world to see how you deal with the perverse cancer of socialism on any society. Communist regimes were ruthless to innocent people and have a tally of about 200,000,000 (200 million) on their hands. So rather than discussing pros and cons, look at the reality of what socialists have in store for people in the Historical context.
This is the only thing that socialists were good at: Killing innocent people in the name of socialism/communism/Marxism.
I know. I experienced their wrath"