Originally Posted by
Dahon.Steve
..... If the Jitney bus was never over-regulated out of existence, there would have been no need to own personal motor transport since vehicle sharing would have been cheap and abundant.
...... why not bring back the independent Jitney bus?? The same legislation that drove them out of business 100 years ago can and should be reversed! ........... this is preferable than having to buy a car any day of the week......
I am all for deregulation!!!!! If that is what you're really posting here?!?!?
Everyone wants regulations (or lack of) that favor their personal ideas... not across-the-board deregulation. Which really means... they want the same argumentative regulation (which the lawyers love) that we have right now.
So should we deregulate the zoning and building codes that have made our cities so pricey (and short of parking spaces)? AND... the regulations that make cars, gasoline, and highways expensive? How about restrictive regulations of healthcare, dentistry, Television, chemicals, genetic engineering, energy, sex workers... and so on.... and so forth.
Free markets (and freedom in general) always work best... when looked at individually. But when grouped together and the idea of letting free markets (
and free people) rule themselves is presented..... most people get scared.
Here is some other... TED style Jitney ideas:
Jitney housing
Jitney doctors
Jitney hospitals
Jitney houses
Jitney apartments
Jitney Cities (no regulations, no taxes, no services)
Jitney jobs (day/week/month/season/year, labor?)
Jitney marriages
Jitney military (bring back the draft and treat most as little more than cannon fodder)