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By Undustrial (registered) - website | Posted January 17, 2011 at 01:22:22

First off, I should qualify that I don't think running an illegal cab is a good idea. Just that it's pretty common. If that's true, it suggests that however awful the fines are, it's still easier than doing things "by the book" for many. It's also very worth noting that there are some safety issues here (sleep?) - I know enough people who ride in these things to avoid them myself. I'll take my chances hitchhiking long before that. But that's another underground mass-transit system altogether:)

As for public vs. private - it's still not that simple. There's a big difference between a pork-barrel project like a stadium (which I fully agree, distorts the economy) and something like a hospital which provides essential services. And there's also a large difference between the 'idyllic' small-to-medium capitalist business and the kind de-facto branches of government many banks, retail giants or development firms have become.

I'm all for free markets. But I just don't see how letting a small fraction of people control vast sectors of the economy achieves that.

"Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century." — Lewis Mumford

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