JoshuaZ comments on Open Thread: June 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 02 June 2010 10:47:17PM 1 point [-]

That seems clearly within the scope of legitimate concerns of government, given that air travel is already heavily regulated

This argument doesn't work. Just because you already have heavy regulation, doesn't justify having more regulation. Also, many libertarians would say that the solution should be to simply remove much of the heavy regulation of air travel.

Comment author: Blueberry 02 June 2010 11:00:03PM -1 points [-]

This argument doesn't work. Just because you already have heavy regulation, doesn't justify having more regulation.

Well, it doesn't by itself justify more regulation, but it makes additional regulation less burdensome. If trains were not regulated and planes were, it might be reasonable to add regulation of bathrooms to plane regulations, but not to introduce regulation to trains so we could regulate bathrooms.

Also, many libertarians would say that the solution should be to simply remove much of the heavy regulation of air travel.

Fair enough.