Taxi drivers’ ‘rights’ action might benefit us all

Must we continue to put up with inefficiency because of so-called property rights?

How often have we heard over recent years that because of property rights we cannot change the terms, conditions and pensions of senior civil servants, bankers and others? These folk seem to occupy that place euphemistically called the ‘Golden Circle’.

Even in recent days, après budget, as government sought to deprive us of more and more of our hard earned money, it made sure to protect the pensions of senior public servants on the basis of their reasonable expectations and ‘property rights’.