by Rick Lowe
Hardly a day goes by without some group of business people asking the government to protect them from competition.
Lawyers do it, doctors do it, accountants do it, insurance companies do it, and contractors do it too. All the while they are free to go to Miami to buy whatever they want, even though their fellow Bahamians might sell it right here at home.
We can argue that the selection, service and prices are better in Miami for retail goods, but that might be the case with most of the professions as well. Not to mention contractors.
First of all, it is just as wrong for government to pander to the professionals as it is for them to pander to the straw vendors or fishermen.
For example. Because the construction industry is allowed to prevent foreign competition, should they have to buy their material at home to protect the local lumber suppliers?
Preventing competition in support of the select few hurts the majority. It's worsened then by more and more industries and business people seeking the dead hand of government to do its bidding. Eventually we will protect ourselves into economies like those of Cuba and North Korea.
So please Mr. Government keep a hands off approach to 'protecting' us.
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