Comments on: Let’s Get the 2009 Debates Started Off Right … http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/01/the-2009-debates.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Wed, 23 May 2012 17:39:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Stokes http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/01/the-2009-debates.html/comment-page-1#comment-1460 David Stokes Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:12:17 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2550#comment-1460 No. Keep writing. No. Keep writing.

]]> By: Jacob Voss http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/01/the-2009-debates.html/comment-page-1#comment-1456 Jacob Voss Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:41:54 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2550#comment-1456 As for the Ameren issue, again, both sides have valid points. Customers don't want to pay for facilities they aren't currently using and Ameren should be able to set their rates and use the funds however they see fit. Privatization is the key here. Then Ameren wouldn't be bogged down by any Renewable Energy Standards either. Alright Dave, have I commented enough yet? As for the Ameren issue, again, both sides have valid points. Customers don’t want to pay for facilities they aren’t currently using and Ameren should be able to set their rates and use the funds however they see fit. Privatization is the key here. Then Ameren wouldn’t be bogged down by any Renewable Energy Standards either.

Alright Dave, have I commented enough yet?

]]> By: Jacob Voss http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/01/the-2009-debates.html/comment-page-1#comment-1455 Jacob Voss Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:39:12 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2550#comment-1455 As for the smoking ban, I can see people's concern with the health risk. Second hand smoke is bad. Yada yada yada. But, I can also see people wanting their personal freedom and wanting to smoke at bars and restaurants. I know that after I throw back a few at Laclede Street Bar and Grill (may it rest in peace) that the idea of having a cigarette with my drinks sounds more and more appealing. People should be more risk averse rather than be willing to take away others' freedoms. Don't want second hand smoke? Don't go to a bar. Still want smooth draft beer? Do what I did and make yourself a <a href="http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t320/vossjz/duff.jpg" rel="nofollow"> kegerator.</a> You'll save money in the long run anyway by avoiding high drink costs associated with bars. Unless of course it's Humphrey's penny pitchers on a Wednesday night, which coincidentally is tomorrow night. As for the smoking ban, I can see people’s concern with the health risk. Second hand smoke is bad. Yada yada yada. But, I can also see people wanting their personal freedom and wanting to smoke at bars and restaurants. I know that after I throw back a few at Laclede Street Bar and Grill (may it rest in peace) that the idea of having a cigarette with my drinks sounds more and more appealing. People should be more risk averse rather than be willing to take away others’ freedoms. Don’t want second hand smoke? Don’t go to a bar. Still want smooth draft beer? Do what I did and make yourself a kegerator. You’ll save money in the long run anyway by avoiding high drink costs associated with bars. Unless of course it’s Humphrey’s penny pitchers on a Wednesday night, which coincidentally is tomorrow night.

]]> By: Josh Smith http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/01/the-2009-debates.html/comment-page-1#comment-1451 Josh Smith Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:34:13 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2550#comment-1451 Speaking of taxicabs: To any and all St Louis residents or visitors who had trouble getting a cab between midnight and 4am on the night of New Year's Eve-- this is the most lucrative night of the year for taxi drivers, and the Metropolitan Taxicab Commission explicitly limits both the number of taxis that can operate and the amount they can charge. Any economist will tell you this means SHORTAGES. New Year's is not the only holiday like this. These issues are addressed only briefly in the STL Today article. Speaking of taxicabs: To any and all St Louis residents or visitors who had trouble getting a cab between midnight and 4am on the night of New Year’s Eve– this is the most lucrative night of the year for taxi drivers, and the Metropolitan Taxicab Commission explicitly limits both the number of taxis that can operate and the amount they can charge. Any economist will tell you this means SHORTAGES.

New Year’s is not the only holiday like this.

These issues are addressed only briefly in the STL Today article.

]]> By: David Stokes http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/01/the-2009-debates.html/comment-page-1#comment-1448 David Stokes Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:09:35 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2550#comment-1448 Well, I am not a lawyer, but yes, governments inspect every restaurant for health code violations, and just about every smoking ban is passed under that authority. Now, one can certainly argue that finding a problem unknown to the customer or the business, like e-coli contamination, is much more important that something every potential customer can easily see, like smoking. Well, I am not a lawyer, but yes, governments inspect every restaurant for health code violations, and just about every smoking ban is passed under that authority. Now, one can certainly argue that finding a problem unknown to the customer or the business, like e-coli contamination, is much more important that something every potential customer can easily see, like smoking.

]]> By: Pat Eckelkamp http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/01/the-2009-debates.html/comment-page-1#comment-1446 Pat Eckelkamp Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:22:17 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2550#comment-1446 Also, while arguing this point with someone ( a know-it-all lawyer) they brought up that restaurants are public establishments and as long as health services are required to inspect them that smoking bans could be enforced under these rules. So my question to the lawyers in the house... is that true? Also, while arguing this point with someone ( a know-it-all lawyer) they brought up that restaurants are public establishments and as long as health services are required to inspect them that smoking bans could be enforced under these rules. So my question to the lawyers in the house… is that true?

]]> By: Pat Eckelkamp http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/01/the-2009-debates.html/comment-page-1#comment-1445 Pat Eckelkamp Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:20:09 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=2550#comment-1445 My feeling on the smoking ban have been tested by my recent European excursion. I'm not going to lie, it was awesome going to bars and restaurants in the U.K. and Ireland and not completely smelling of smoke like I would if I was leaving a bar in Madrid. However, the whole civil liberties argument still makes me argue against smoking bans. My feeling on the smoking ban have been tested by my recent European excursion. I’m not going to lie, it was awesome going to bars and restaurants in the U.K. and Ireland and not completely smelling of smoke like I would if I was leaving a bar in Madrid. However, the whole civil liberties argument still makes me argue against smoking bans.

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