Showing posts with label Big Government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Big Government. Show all posts

Monday, January 16, 2012

Big government hurts the little guy again

In order to for New York City taxi drivers to operate legally, the drivers of the iconic yellow taxis must have a medallion issued by the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commissionthe going rate for one is a cool $750,000.  That's more money than the combined debt loads of a legal and dental student in New York.  That would cover more than 1,500 permits to have a microbrewery in the same city.  What's the deal with the insane cost just to be permitted to operate a legal taxi?
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Why I’m Conservative

Why I’m Conservative
By N. D. Cordon

In this highly polarized political era in which we live, its easy to develop a us vs. them mentality; Republicans vs. Democrats, conservatives vs. liberals, right vs. left, us vs. them. With such a mentality, it’s easy to forget that we aren’t always right and that each side has valid points.  So here's why I side with the conservatives.
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