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"Sure there is. Domestic labor (maid, cook, driver, servant) for more productive people. Mechanical turk. Selling loose cigarettes. Making tacos for people and
by shitgoose 10y ago
"Sure there is. Domestic labor (maid, cook, driver, servant) for more productive people. Mechanical turk. Selling loose cigarettes. Making tacos for people and selling them by the side of the road."
buddy, all these things are heavily licensed and regulated. selling loose cigarettes or tacos on a side of the road... that is jail time you are talking about. it is a lot safer to sit at home and collect government checks than to sell tacos without FDA approval. /sarc
- yummyfajitas 10y agoVery true. So perhaps regulatory reform, rather than BI, is the policy we should adopt.
- jon-wood 10y agoI'm sure we're coming at this from very different perspectives but I can't quite understand how it would be better to reduce regulation on food safety than to give people enough income by default that they can eat and have a roof over their heads. At least from my perspective giving people a choice as to what they do is worlds better than forcing people to take (often multiple) unsatisfying, poorly paid, jobs just so they don't starve to death.
- yummyfajitas 10y agoThere are plenty of people who are capable of making healthy food, but are simply banned by the current regulatory process. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/opinion/15zachbrooks.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/opinion/15zachbrooks.html What safety do you believe that requiring 2250 hours of training to be a hair braider provides? http://madamenoire.com/501738/texas-federal-judge-rules-hair-braiding-laws-unconstitutional/ http://madamenoire.com/501738/texas-federal-judge-rules-hair... And why is a pack of cigarettes sold by a bodega somehow safer than a single cigarette sold by Eric Garner? I eat food that has not been blessed by American regulators all the time. Somehow, this didn't kill me: https://goo.gl/photos/ytKacsLvkxhqCnW18 https://goo.gl/photos/ytKacsLvkxhqCnW18
- dagw 10y agoAll of that is argument for saner, more evidence driven regulations, not getting rid of regulations.
- yummyfajitas 10y agoWho advocated eliminating all regulations?
- kbart 10y agoWhat do you mean by regulatory reform? So anyone can sell restricted and harmful items (i.e. cigarettes) as they see fit or make food without any oversight of hygiene regulations and sell to public? Most of regulatory laws are there for a reason, and as an European, I enjoy costumer protection provided by EU in a form of these regulations.
- shitgoose 10y agothat is why europe is doomed. edit: seriously, this is fantastic post, thank you. it perfectly captures modern european mindset. how dares someone to make <whatever> without any oversight of regulations! I enjoy protection provided by EU in a form of these regulations! я очень люблю Пеже! you sound like communist shills during Brezhnev period, rhetoric and indignation аre perfect!
- eli_gottlieb 10y agoYeah, consumer protection is definitely the most Communist thing ever. Commies loooved consumption and consumers /s.
- shitgoose 10y agono, commies loooved protecting people, whether people liked it or not.