PUNK ROCK REPUBLICAN

Why it already has. First they came for the cab drivers. And then they came for the insurance industry, doctors, …

‘Butchers Beware: Venezuela Cracks Down On Prices’
By Fabiola Sanchez for The Associated Press.

‘35,000 NYC Taxi Drivers Accused Of Overcharging Passengers $8.3 Million’
By Charlie Leocha for Consumer Travel.

Which was sheepishly, and very quickly, dropped down to:

‘633 Cabbies To Lose Their Licenses For Overcharging By $1.1 Million’
At Vosineias.

But still this entire scandal is only possible where an illegal government power grab claims it has the right to set the retail price of private industry – and if the private industry loses money as a result of government fiat – well the good ‘of the people’ is more important than private industry - because ‘people’ don’t work in private industry dontcha know!

Hugo Chavez and Mike Bloomberg – the only difference between them seems to be that Hugo Chavez is taller and better looking. After that it’s all populist nonsense.

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