Freebees Aren’t Free
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13 responses to “Freebees Aren’t Free”
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Well said Kerry. Too few understand anymore that as Milton Friedman said there is no such thing as a free lunch. And, as Thomas Sowell pointed out, “The first lesson of economics its scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. Maybe Virginia Beach has now learned the first lesson.
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What’s next? A free city-sponsored seafood restaurant, where tourists can sample the bounty of our local waters without paying for their entrees or that usurious Virginia Beach meals tax?
Sounds good! Let’s eat!
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Politicians like to look in the rear-view mirror and speak of “unintended consequences”. That is not the same as unforeseen consequences. You can almost always find a conservative who predicted exactly what would happen, but they were ignored then just as they are ignored now.
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PPT Recovery Program.
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“The city is essentially stealing from these drivers by providing free rides to compete with them.”
Not for long…
“Where it stands: Phoenix, San Francisco and Austin are currently the only cities where the public can hail a driverless robotaxi, but that list could grow by a dozen or more within the next year.”
So when there aren’t anymore Uber drivers, can we then have freely accessible public transportation without worrying about putting Uber drivers out of a gig?
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robotaxis that communicate with each other on a network to sense demand and automatically dispatch additional to where needed.
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Will the city be selling the Teslas as surplus?
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Packed with C4 and launched from Kiev…. pedestrians be damned.
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This must really drive Kerry crazy:
“Eight transit systems across the commonwealth continue to operate without fares allowing riders in Albemarle, Alexandria, Blacksburg, Charlottesville, Chesterfield, Christiansburg, the City of Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Henrico, Lee County, Norton, Petersburg, Richmond, Scott County, Stafford, Spotsylvania and Wise County unfettered access to public transportation.”
I guess we need to stop running that free shuttle to the Senior Center as well. Grandma needs to call an Uber!
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Mass transit systems are very different from individual, door-to-door, chauffer services.
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And yet it serves the same purpose. To make the city and its attractions and establishments accessible to everyone (especially tourists). Looks where they are most commonly in service:
https://ridefreebee.com/service-areas
Florida beach cities… one of which is specifically targeted to senior citizens… what a bunch of woke progressives!
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And yet it serves the same purpose. To make the city and its attractions and establishments accessible to everyone (especially tourists). Looks where they are most commonly in service:
https://ridefreebee.com/service-areas
Florida beach cities… one of which is specifically targeted to senior citizens… what a bunch of woke progressives!
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