[ExI] Greed + Incompetence + A Beliefin MarketEfficiency =Disaster
spike
spike66 at att.net
Sun Feb 1 18:38:56 UTC 2009
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> > Why a four or five seat car to mostly transport a single person?
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> Because this is how the buyers want it...
Ja, and because states require each car to be licensed separately, as
opposed to having a universal license for each driver. This puts market
pressure on drivers to have only one car, or to minimize the number of cars,
which then causes pressure to buy a single car that can:
- carry carry several people
- tow a boat or trailer
- tolerate the rough roads
* result of the state government neglecting to repair
potholes
* in order to encourage the proletariat to pass tax
increases
* to repair the potholes
* which the government then robs for something else
* allowing road repair bills to be added to the next
election cycle
* rinse and repeat
> I wrote about government interfering with the markets?... Mirco
The tax structure (in every one of the fifty damn states!) discourages the
proletariat from having at least two cars: one do-it-all very inefficient,
seldom used car, and one single-seat super small super light, slow but
extremely efficient ape hauler.
A person can drive only one car at a time. I propose a license fee on
drivers, not on individual cars.
spike
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