Jimmy Carter was a great deregulator

Deregulation ruined the airlines and trucking industries.

And made fortunes for a few of the usual suspects who had complete contempt for the people in these industries.
 
Carter did everything he could to destroy America and advance communism in the world.
If he did a few theoretically good things he did them for ulterior and destructive reasons and probably in the worst way possible.
 
sparebulb said:
Deregulation ruined the airlines and trucking industries.

And made fortunes for a few of the usual suspects who had complete contempt for the people in these industries.
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What are some regulations of airlines and trucking that were removed or loosened that you think shouldn't have been?
 
Invisible Man said:
What are some regulations of airlines and trucking that were removed or loosened that you think shouldn't have been?
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Go look at the framework of the old CAB structure.

It is a recipe for success and reliability for the participating airlines.

It even required airlines to prove that they would be profitable over a given route to be given approval.

They also mandated spare aircraft to cover disruptions.

Yes, this form of regulation is cryptonite to the free market libertarians, but it is the best way to have a responsible, safety sensitive, and reliable transportation system.
 
sparebulb said:
Go look at the framework of the old CAB structure.

It is a recipe for success and reliability for the participating airlines.

It even required airlines to prove that they would be profitable over a given route to be given approval.

They also mandated spare aircraft to cover disruptions.

Yes, this form of regulation is cryptonite to the free market libertarians, but it is the best way to have a responsible, safety sensitive, and reliable transportation system.
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If that were the best way to have a responsible, safety sensitive, and reliable transportation system, then it wouldn't need to be mandated by force.
 
sparebulb said:
Deregulation ruined the airlines and trucking industries.

And made fortunes for a few of the usual suspects who had complete contempt for the people in these industries.
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The first comment you wrote is idiotic, however the second comment needs more explanation. Specifically, he only deregulated it some. It's a much more free market now, but it is still too heavily regulated. He should have gone a lot further because the unfortunately reality is that only half-assing it allowed for regulatory capture and oligopoly / cartel.
 
sparebulb said:
Go look at the framework of the old CAB structure.

It is a recipe for success and reliability for the participating airlines.

It even required airlines to prove that they would be profitable over a given route to be given approval.

They also mandated spare aircraft to cover disruptions.

Yes, this form of regulation is cryptonite to the free market libertarians, but it is the best way to have a responsible, safety sensitive, and reliable transportation system.
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This is one of the dumbest things I have ever read on here, and that says something.

First off the federal government has no jurisdiction regulating air travel per the Constitution (unless maybe in relation to border crossings). Secondly, safety has improved with air travel over time. And with deregulation prices dropped.
 
Matt Collins said:
This is one of the dumbest things I have ever read on here, and that says something.

First off the federal government has no jurisdiction regulating air travel per the Constitution (unless maybe in relation to border crossings). Secondly, safety has improved with air travel over time. And with deregulation prices dropped.
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Some day, you might actually understand just how much you don't understand about your industry.

Until then, keep being you.
 
Of course the left wing Reason magazine would praise a very leftist President. As Tom Woods has pointed out, all this praise of Carter being some grand deregulator is way overblown.

There are very few positives you can say about Carter, but he was always public about how proud he is to be a Southerner. His work with HFH and his advocacy for humane treatment of Palestinians is extraordinarily admirable.

Being a "deregulator" is certainly not something to highlight.
 
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