Advice for Hizzonner
7 June 2006
The Editor, New York Times
229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
To the Editor:
David Fischer asks City Hall to "convene employers, educators and government to determine how best to create paths of upward mobility" for workers in fields such as automotive repair and construction (Letters, June 7). Good idea. Here's what Mayor Bloomberg should say:
"Educators, stop blocking real education reform. Loosening your cancerous grip over schooling is necessary to improve youngsters' futures."
"Government, slash taxes; abandon your monopolizing racket of occupational-licensing; stop dictating terms of employment contracts; and abolish rent control so that builders again have incentives to construct rental units for people with modest incomes."
"Employers, do your thing. Expect from us neither favors nor hindrances. We demand only that you not commit force or fraud. Only you - not we pompous asses in City Hall - create jobs and prosperity."
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
The Editor, New York Times
229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
To the Editor:
David Fischer asks City Hall to "convene employers, educators and government to determine how best to create paths of upward mobility" for workers in fields such as automotive repair and construction (Letters, June 7). Good idea. Here's what Mayor Bloomberg should say:
"Educators, stop blocking real education reform. Loosening your cancerous grip over schooling is necessary to improve youngsters' futures."
"Government, slash taxes; abandon your monopolizing racket of occupational-licensing; stop dictating terms of employment contracts; and abolish rent control so that builders again have incentives to construct rental units for people with modest incomes."
"Employers, do your thing. Expect from us neither favors nor hindrances. We demand only that you not commit force or fraud. Only you - not we pompous asses in City Hall - create jobs and prosperity."
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Friday March 23, 2007 at 10:28am