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Aug 9 2008
11:59 am
By: R. Neal
According to the NTSB, the unlicensed charter bus involved in the fatal Texas crash had illegal tires and the driver's medical certificate had expired.
The thing about government regulation is, you have to enforce the regulations. Otherwise, the free markets will decide.
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Otherwise, the free markets
Otherwise, the free markets will decide.
And sometimes with needless and economically inefficient fatalities...
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