> Funny, airline profits were quite good before deregulation. And even before the internet industry was like this. Of course. And ticket prices where unafforda

> Funny, airline profits were quite good before deregulation. And even before the internet industry was like this. Of course. And ticket prices where unaffordable to many people before deregulation. Profits were fine though - that's the way monopolies and governments make sweet love to each other at the expense of consumers. >You want a free market health inspector agency without the power to shutdown restaurants violating cooking "best practices"? You mean like Yelp, where recommendations can be gamed? Yes, I want people to decide for themselves whether they want to trust this consumer protection agency or trust another agency, which standards seem closer to them in particular. Also, you can pretty much game the current system too. Even worse, because health inspectors do not directly serve consumers and have no competition, they have more incentives to accept bribes or simply do a sloppy job. If governments did their job, you wouldn't need Yelp, would you? And in all honesty, I would rather trust Yelp than a government agency.