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I know of cities that seem to be working actively against its residents with arcane laws about when, where and who is allowed to park in a specific spot at a specific time, so I'm glad someone is sticking up for the little guy.

However, I wish government was transparent enough that services like this weren't needed. Why do I have to take a day off from work to fight a ticket whose fee is (probably) worth less to me than a vacation day (first world problem, I know)? I think I'm also lucky enough to have lived in a few cities where I didn't feel that the parking authority is actively working against me. I've gotten many parking tickets, and I can honestly say all but one were justified...

That said, I am rather fond of this quote:

A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works. -Bill Vaughan



> However, I wish government was transparent enough that services like this weren't needed

I do too, but the sooner we realize this is impossible, the sooner we can all get over it and turn the responsibilities over to third party private organizations.


I think telecoms have proven that this hypothesis doesn't hold up very well. Try unsubscribing from cable.


With cable, at least it's possible to never subscribe in the first place. That doesn't work with governments.


don't own a car/house/etc. and you can greatly reduce your interaction surface with government.

At least in France the only interaction I have with the gov't is voting, getting a letter to pay my habitation taxes, and having to renew my passport.

If you think it's unreasonable to not have a car, it might be unreasonable to not have an internet connection too...


I think it's more reasonable to not have a car than it is to not have internet, but that's probably a minority view. In any case, I have internet access, but no cable subscription.


I like to complain about Comcast as much as anyone else, but it's an order of magnitude worse at the DMV/DOL.




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