Too cheap to meter: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
Added wikilink to James T. Ramey
No edit summary
Line 1:
{{Short description|Slogan for plentiful services}}
[[File:Nuclear Power Plant Cattenom.jpg|thumb|"Too cheap to meter" is a slogan first attributed to nuclear power.]]
'''Too cheap to meter''' refers to a [[commodity]] so inexpensive that it is cheaper and less bureaucratic to simply provide it for a [[flat fee]] or even [[Gratis versus libre|free]] and make a [[Profit (economics)|profit]] from associated services. Originally applied to [[nuclear power]], the phrase is also used for services that can be provided at such low cost that the additional cost of itemized billing would outweigh the benefits.