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Comment by Jabanga

The laws restrict the right of people to do with their labour and private property what they want. They should be left unenforced, just like laws against marijuana and other personal choices. Driving things out of the formal economy and into the informal economy, and punishing people for engaging in voluntary interactions - in the name of 'protecting' them - has very harmful unintended consequences and goes against the foundational principles of liberal democracy.

Moreover, restricting voluntary economic interactions behind a wall of regulatory licensing schemes, like hotel licenses and taxi licenses, exacerbates income inequality:

https://www.brookings.edu/research/make-elites-compete-why-t...

In short, there's no commonly advocated policy more harmful to society than what you're advocating.

parent Jabanga 9 years ago

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