Comments by "gwho" (@gwho) on "Why Flying is So Expensive" video.
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7:50 $1400 MINIMUM PRICE CONTROLS BY COERCIVE GOVERNMENT DICTATES! now it gets as low as $200, which i've taken myself, coast to coast, thanks to deregulation.
(btw, wendover, yes, one of the reasons is increased efficiency, but literally removing a minimum price is the bigger one. you also did not do a quantitative comparison of before and after efficiency increases for fuel consumption, like you did for the rest of the video.)
People who blame voluntary capitalists and corporations instead of coercive governments are so dumb. and half the time they're closet communists, who have a terrible track record of managing economies let alone human rights. so fkn stupid.
9:40 and there's the silver bullet - competition is key when trying to make things "affordable". The answer is to increase suppliers and competition, not giving financial aid on a needs basis (*cough* college tuition).
So these economically illiterate, ideological marxist idiots who vilify corporations and want to get government more involved in businesses need to educate themselves and quit advocating for policies that reduce competition. Instead they should be trying to deregulate and facilitate businesses - especially new competitors - as much as possible, keeping only very clearcut safety regulations instead.
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