What I think

[Barrie Heaton]

In article <960803224454_71213.1421_GHL69-1@CompuServe.COM>, "DAN G.
LITWIN" <71213.1421@CompuServe.COM> writes

Hi Dan,

>
>
>I don't know much about your country, but my US experience leads me to doubt
>that your situation has been so fine.  For in the US, when the licensing of
>doctors occurred (1910 thru 1920), a FULL HALF of the medical schools were
>CLOSED DOWN.  And wouldn't you know it - only the American Medical Association
>(AMA) style schools (allopathy) stayed open.  And of course, in 1910 the AMA had
>the biggest lobby.  So all the others were shut down until 80 years later when
>they are now politically strong enough to have made a come-back.  These include
>chiropractors, herbologists, homeopathic doctors, holistic doctors, acupuncture,
>etc. To this day, politics chooses what medicine we can have.  Absurd!
I agree there will always be winners and looses when you regulate
anything, especially if the Government does it, as they tend to use a
sledge hammer to crack a nut.

>
>No one needs laws to have the AMA certify their doctors.  They only need laws to
>outlaw the competition and raise prices.  I repeat.  Politicians will play games
>with the rules.  They don't care about pianos.  Only about power.
>
>2) The moral aspect:
>
>No one has the right to make choices for others.  You have the right to choose
>for yourself only.  Any "reasonable" examples you have are simply examples of
>brute force, because that's the only reason to use government - to force others
>to do something your way.  The peaceful way is through persuasion.  The RPT
>status to which I aspire will be mine to advertise.  I will boast.  And I will
>charge more for my superior service.  But my method of aquiring the business of
>my competitors will be through peaceful persuasion, not by the force of
Choices are being made on your behalf every day whether you like it or
not.  It is part of being in a democratic society.  Changes are made for
the good of all in theory. as you will find as we did in Europe the cost
of terrism on your main land means an errosion of freedom of the
individual, this is the price we pay for living in a demorcracy and
being tolerant of minority groups.

  You say you are a member of the Ptg and you charge more because your
service is superior, there is nothing wrong with that;  the PTG insists
on a minimum standard a control to ensure that every tuner in the US.
meets that minimum requirement surely in the long term this would raise
the standards and of course, enevetably it would raise the overall cost
of tunings, but there will sstill be compettition within a regulated
industry as there is, I should imagine, in your dentistry industry for
instance.


Barrie.
>government.
>
>Dan Litwin
>San Diego
>
>PS - AMA doctors are the technological decendants of "doctors" who once "cured"
>people with blood-letting and LEACHES...
>
>

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