http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:jYVsDcuI2cUJ:www.state.ak.us/courts/ops/sp-6086.pdf+alaska+taxi+cab+permit&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2
(The one above loads faster, but doesn't print as nicely as PDF document below)
http://www.state.ak.us/courts/ops/sp-6086.pdf
Above are two links to the legal decision approving the taxi-cab permit initiative for ballot access. Seeing how it is a right to drive a cab, protected by the American idea of property rights (you own your own labor), the dissenting opinion (that states that "cab permits" are a city resource) has no merit whatsoever.
By the same logic, one's individual right to do anything is a "city resource" until they "give you" the permission to do it. Should we all beg permission to work from the state? If so, how many "permits to work" will they issue to their (capitalist, pro-freedom) political enemies? How many "permits to work" will the businesses of honest citizen politicians get?
Every libertarian should mention to his or her friends that voting in favor of this initiative is the right thing to do. Again: Libertarians should heavily promote this initiative, out of general principle.
-Jake
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