Nature knows the importance,
of promoting new growth.
New eggs are laid,
to replace those lost to predators.
We see this nearby,
as Lady Duck raises her five.
Then a few days later,
only three remain alive.
In nature, there is purpose,
one might say.
It’s simply an accepted part
of life’s feeding cycle.
However we can’t rationalize,
in the same way,
when we see start-up business
killed off, by bureaucrats, every day.
That’s why we need
a continuous flow,
of fresh start-ups,
replacing those that go.
Personally, I have experienced
two fine companies of mine,
closed down by ‘Occupational License Police’,
whose boorish behavior rhymes with swine.
Occupational licensing keeps
prices much higher,
as it prevents
new competition (and hurts the buyer).
It only protects those who are there already
Public Choice Theory shows how
concentrated benefits spread
the costs to suckers like us.
But the game is up,
with Tony Galati being awarded
Entrepeneur of the Year, for
demolishing the Government’s Potato Board.
Good news sometimes turns bad.
One would think that those bureaucrats,
who once carefully measured our potatoes,
may have been employed as fat cats.
Their dream did not come true.
The Government has them collecting fines
from the travelling public,
every time we get an Uber.
These fines, per trip,
now go to the taxi owners,
who paid handsomely for protection
from our State Government.
To protect them from what?
From competition, their biggest fear!
Taxis have been over-charging
the punters for years.
The need to get this protection money back
has sent them reeling,
to another opportunity —
hiring Government to do their stealing.
Get up off your knees
and email your politician too,
tell them how you just paid another Uber fee,
they inconsiderately imposed on you!
Ron Manners
December 2017
