JD wrote:
GA wrote:
What I would also point out is that a level playing field would suggest the same opportunities for everyone ...................... and you must admit that the choices for everyone wanting to enter the Hackney Carriage trade is, and has been for some time, the same.
I await with anticipation your definition of choice. The only choice that really matters is whether you can or can't obtain freely, a hackney carriage proprietors license, is it not?
No doubt you will separate the definition of choice in restricted and unrestricted areas and why a minority of areas remain restricted?
Regards
JD
Is a level playing field not one that provides the same opportunities for everyone.
Is it not the case that anyone wishing obtain a HC plate in this area has to pay a fee to a current owner.
Is it not the case that current owners offer for sale their plates, and therefore no-one is forced to purchase.
Is it not the case that price for such a plate is determined by how much a person is willing to pay.
When the issue of fairness is raised it is only relative to the perspective of the writer ................... Mr Jasbar believes that it is not fair that he cannot get a plate for free but believes that it is fair for someone to lose £50,000 as long as he gets his free plate.
I believe that we need to seek a way that safeguards everyones interest and the attitude of Jasbar that he couldn't give a flying fook about anyone else does not bode well for the future of our trade.
B. Lucky
