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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Road Walker who wrote (36574)5/6/2014 11:29:20 AM
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>> Regulation also gives start ups the opportunity to bypass regulation by reinventing the light bulb.

Startups like airbnb shouldn't have to break laws that shouldn't exist as the foundation of their business model. In NYC and SFO they are having to scrap with regulators and with competitors who use the bogus regulations against them.

And it isn't like we're talking about fireproof drapes. There are people who are willing to do whatever is necessary to comply, simply to offset some of their rent, and they are met with a brick wall where their option is to either not do it or to break the law. And of course you're going to have some lawbreakers, and some of those are likely to totally ignore safety considerations.

The taxicab company (I can't remember it, either) is even more absurd. Why should a select group of people with deep pockets be the only taxi providers in a major city? If you will defend the insanity of the Medallion system for taxis I'll just give up.
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