> Hotels aren't pushing for hotel regs to be applied to houses out of some even-handed desire to prevent loopholes. The AH&LA is a cartel trying to have their c

> Hotels aren't pushing for hotel regs to be applied to houses out of some even-handed desire to prevent loopholes. The AH&LA is a cartel trying to have their competition outlawed. Sure, but the opposite is equally true. AirBNB, Uber, and others aren't blatantly lying about their core business out of some even-handed desire to prevent loopholes. They're doing it exclusively to illegally escape regulation -- regulations their competitors are all bound to by law. They're trying to replace a cartel with their cartel. The question to the public at large is: would you rather have an existing cartel that is subject to regulation, or a new cartel that also believes it is above the law.