Taxi deregulation coming to Finland

Re:Taxi deregulation coming to Finland by deanclatworthy on Thursday February 01, 2018 @09:15AM (#16281949)

It’s funny the outsiders perspective of Finland. I can assure you there are plenty of problems here. The government being broke for one and making obscene cuts across the board.

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Re:Taxi deregulation coming to Finland by fulafel on Thursday February 01, 2018 @11:32AM (#16283155)

By the numbers Finland looks like one of the not-so-broke governments in EU: https://www.statista.com/statistics/269684/national-debt-in-...

A common neoliberal political strategy is to kick up drama about state finances to justify tax cuts and reductions in public services in spite of popular support for welfare, maybe the same here?

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Re:Taxi deregulation coming to Finland by ersii on Thursday February 01, 2018 @10:20AM (#16282400)

That actually sounds perfect in my book, where they are supposed to be as broke as possible and do as little as possible or nothing. :-)

(Yes yes, I'm well aware that most other HNers are of another opinion than I am.)

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Re:Taxi deregulation coming to Finland by sol_remmy on Thursday February 01, 2018 @10:18AM (#16282387)

i.e. The government is reducing taxes and reducing services.

That's precisely WHY some people like Finland. The government is stepping out of the way (as we can see in this article)

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