Not at all.
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You said the old price was based on a subsidy. Do you know what a "subsidy" means? It wasn't a subsidy.
It was based on a quid pro quo contract.
Do you know the difference between something that is a subsidy and something that is quid pro quo contract?
That’s a distinction without a difference. You can call the discount a subsidy, a quid pro quo or you can call it Steve. It matters what happens with the money, not what words you call it. They were paying less than they would have otherwise for political reasons. However, those factors are no longer in play. Now, they will pay rates more in line with other customers, which will be higher than the old rates. My argument doesn’t depend on calling the relationship by a certain word.
That’s the fundamental reality of what is going on, as your quote explained. In the normal way people talk, the new price would be called the more “market based” price.
BTW, subsidies are often quid pro quo contracts of some kind, so that’s a pretty bizarre verbal fallacy to fall back on. You’re argument is like saying “it’s not a Ford, it’s a pickup truck.”