Recommendable! When Big Government intervenes ...
We are often told by ideologues, politicians and economists about market failures and why we need government to intervene. However, most so called market failures are at closer inspection actually government failures!
"... This shortage wasn’t always the case. City restrooms used to be safe, clean and widely-available in America, and still are across the world. But now they’re rare here, and expensive and difficult to run where they exist. The difference has been the altered incentive structure towards restroom provision – which caused scarcity. ...
publicly-available restrooms used to be common in the U.S. because they were for-pay. In the early 1900s, they popped up along railroads and then spread to the nation’s airports, bus stations, and highway rest stops. They were also common in busy urban commercial districts, often provided by the company Nik-O-Lok. By 1970, America had over 50,000 for-pay toilets. ...
This pressure was surprisingly effective, and states began passing legislation to ban for-pay restrooms. By 1980, almost none existed. ..."
Several separate interests began dismantling this business model in the 1970s. One was the feminist movement, ...
Another was the American Restroom Association, a group that still exists to call for legislation that supposedly improves restroom design and availability. Third, was the Committee to End Pay Toilets in America (CEPTIA), a group of teenagers who got tired of paying to use restrooms. In 1970, they launched a grassroots crusade against for-pay toilets, under the rubric of human rights ...This pressure was surprisingly effective, and states began passing legislation to ban for-pay restrooms. By 1980, almost none existed. ..."
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