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> Why is this the sort of thing that needs to be regulated in the first place? Customer protection laws are entirely normal in lots of countries. You question
by bkor 10y ago
> Why is this the sort of thing that needs to be regulated in the first place?
Customer protection laws are entirely normal in lots of countries. You question the need, I question why you think it shouldn't exist?
For your example, the restaurants are checked by the government. Unhealthy restaurants get warned and eventually closed. Determining if a scale is accurate on e.g. a market is another textbook regulation.
> This is textbook government overregulation.
Seems you're arguing for having companies cheat customers. What's the benefit for a country like Denmark to allow that to happen?
- harryh 10y agoI'm arguing that, when it comes to taxi service (and steaks) customers are perfectly capable of protecting themselves from cheating service providers without government help. We should have as few regulations as we can get away with as regulations almost inevitably get used in unintended ways with negative consequences. Incumbents use them to drive out upstart competition and increase costs for everyone.