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How Government Helps the Economy

Wednesday 8 February 2012 - Filed under Uncategorized

When times are tough and enterprising people come up with novel ways of providing services that people want, you can count on the paper pushers in government to try and stop it. Fox News:

Could your favorite apps soon be banned in your city?

From the online taxi service Uber — which regulators are trying to keep out of Washington, D.C. — to Zipcar.com, tech startups are facing an unexpected challenge: government regulation.

It’s how government helps the economy! By making startups jump through expensive bureaucratic hoops and procedures designed specifically to protect entrenched players in the market.

2012-02-08  »  madlibertarianguy