On Fri, 26 Apr 1996 sameer@c2.org wrote:
one at all, to a system of fair taxiation, since much of the talk could
fair taxation. What a concept. Now why did this person appear in my "cypherpunks-people-to-read-file?" I should go figure this out and fix it.
That's not what he wrote. He meant fair TAXIation. Michael is criticizing arbitrary government regulations on transportation systems. See part four of Hernando de Soto's _The Other Path_ and other publications from Instituto Libertad y Democracia (Lima, Peru). The original Spanish version is more complete, with a statistical appendix, but the US paperback edition, ISBN 0-06-091640-0, hits all the main points. The issue of taxis that lack government license has also been raised in New York City and San Franciso in recent years. Might also be in Gabriel Zaid's La Economia presidencial, but it's been a while since I read that, and I don't own a copy. Cypherpunk relevance? In theory at least, the "medallions" that identify legal taxis are a form of Chaum's credentials without identity. Loomis is in your "cypherpunks-people-to-read-file" because of the ZundeLooMirror. He's a good guy, if a bit abrasive. Unfortunately, I found out too late that the best way to get him to do something stupid and wrong is to tell him that it's stupid and wrong. That makes you an enemy, and not worth listening to. http://www.c2.org/~rich/Not_By_Me_Not_My_Views/rebuttal.html By the way, I think I know what you mean, but someone unfamiliar with cypherpunks or you might read this indication that you have a "people to read" file, and don't care to read people you disagree with, the wrong way. You're liable to be called a FUCKING CLOSED-MINDED CENSOR NAZI. -rich