kfl%mx.lcs.mit.edu@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU.UUCP (07/31/86)
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Date: Fri, 25 Jul 86 00:35:21 EDT
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <KFL%MX.LCS.MIT.EDU@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Big companies
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From: "James B. VanBokkelen" <JBVB@AI.AI.MIT.EDU>
... Other instances of unfair rates were examples of railroad
owners using their power to legislate things they wanted for other
reasons (like the extinction of Atlantic-Pacific shipping and
Sacramento River shipping, in both cases attempting to seize a
monopoly).
I oppose this, of course. As I oppose steel companies and car
companies throwing their weight around today. There are far too many
laws, and far too many special rules, taxes, tax exemptions, fines,
exemptions from fines, mandatory insurance, exemptions from mandatory
insurance, tariffs, protectionism, special phone company laws, special
laws that apply only to computer usage, special banking laws, etc,
etc. There should be one set of simple laws for all of us, that
forbid only violating other people's rights.
...Keith
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