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Mind bogglingly stupid to shut something like this down. Legalize it instead. Government should fill out the paperwork at their own expense, and compensate the
by m0zg 6y ago
Mind bogglingly stupid to shut something like this down. Legalize it instead. Government should fill out the paperwork at their own expense, and compensate the owners of this sufficiently so that they could continue this manufacturing business in "above board" ways.
- smabie 6y agoYeah why not just fine them and make them pay taxes? Better for all parties involved.
- m0zg 6y agoExactly. The right response would have been "I'm not even mad, this is amazing!" It's not like Moldova is a powerhouse of industry or anything. Anyone who managed to pull this off deserves a shot at turning it into one.
- yxhuvud 6y agoProblem is that the helicopter model they bootlegged isn't certified to fly as it is too old and not following modern regulations.
- m0zg 6y agoSeems like the gap between no helicopter all and a working helicopter is smaller than between a working helicopter and one that's compliant with regulations. It's not like there's an abundance of helicopter manufacturers of any kind in Moldova.
- bserge 6y agoYeah, this is the strangest but also coolest news I read about Moldova in a long time haha If the government weren't such sad sacks of potatoes, they could maybe offer some help in setting up an actual legal production. But nah, just arrest them and be done with it. Who cares, right? Reminded me of the news about them seizing "hard drugs" from a "highly organized" group... Just some guys growing cannabis in their garden. They probably got 5-10 years, meanwhile there's bootleg "wine" (water+alcohol+sweetener, tastes absolutely horrible) in shops for nearly a decade and people drinking themselves to death.