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===6. TRANSPORTATION=== | |||
Government interference in transportation is characterized by | |||
monopolistic restriction, corruption and gross inefficiency. We | |||
therefore call for the dissolution of all government agencies | |||
concerned with transportation, including the Department of | |||
Transportation, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal | |||
Aviation Administration, the National Transportation Safety Board, the | |||
Coast Guard, and the Federal Maritime Commission, and the transfer of | |||
their legitimate functions to competitive private firms. We demand | |||
the return of America's railroad system to private ownership. We call | |||
for the privatization of airports, air traffic control systems, public | |||
roads, and the national highway system. We condemn the | |||
re-cartelization of commercial aviation by the Federal Aviation | |||
Administration via rationing of take-off and landing rights and | |||
controlling scheduling in the name of "safety." | |||
As interim measures, we advocate an immediate end to government | |||
regulation of private transit organizations and to governmental favors | |||
to the transportation industry. In particular, we support the | |||
immediate repeal of all laws restricting transit competition such as | |||
the granting of taxicab and bus monopolies and the prohibition of | |||
private jitney services. We urge immediate deregulation of the | |||
trucking industry. Likewise, we advocate the immediate repeal of | |||
federally imposed speed limits. | |||
===7. POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT=== | ===7. POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT=== |