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If the auto industry had been taken over (as the aircraft industry has been)

>by the government in the '20s we would still be driving Model T type cars,
>and saying "If it weren't for the government, we wouldn't be driving at
>all". -apologies to Harry Browne-
>
>Jack Ford
>
>  
>
It was the government (and the Japanese) who brought us seat belts and 
shoulder harnesses, air bags, emission standards and a whole bunch of 
other beneficial developments.  If Detroit had been left to it's own 
devices, we'd still be driving 6000 lb cars getting 9 mpg with nothing 
at all to prevent you from being impaled on the steering column in an 
accident, brake lights and turn signals as tiny and invisible as style 
desired, etc. etc.

I don't think it was the government screwed up general aviation.  I 
think it was a combination of liability issues and the unwillingness of 
the industry to invest in research and development.  I'm not at all 
certain which, if any, of these was most important.

Let's abolish all the government teats - except the one that I'm hanging 
on ...
Let's abolish all government regulation - except the ones that suit ME 
... Jim S.