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> Which is why all such regulations are ridiculous. Most of those regulations were written in blood, toil, and tears - they deserve more respect than that. You
by arrosenberg 6y ago
> Which is why all such regulations are ridiculous.
Most of those regulations were written in blood, toil, and tears - they deserve more respect than that. You are correct - regulations often limit an individual's ability to maximize their own gains in order to lift the overall floor. If you want to maximize your income, start a private car service and build your own clientele like an actual independent operator.
Alternatively, we could offer public healthcare, social housing, and food guarantees, decoupling work from survival. Then the regulations would be ridiculous.
- AnthonyMouse 6y ago> You are correct - regulations often limit an individual's ability to maximize their own gains in order to lift the overall floor. The problem is they regularly fail to lift the overall floor. Prohibiting your existing best available source of employment will, as a rule, leave you with an alternative which is even less good. Something with more pay but a longer commute that eats that pay and then some. Something more dangerous, or less convenient, or less stable, or more stressful. And then you get paid a little more in exchange for losing something that was worth more to you than the money. > Alternatively, we could offer public healthcare, social housing, and food guarantees, decoupling work from survival. Or a UBI. Which is what we should do.