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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.
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