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The head of a state agency vowed that he was going to stage a sting to put Uber out of business, thereby benefiting Uber’s taxi and limousine competitors. Ducey says he fired the man and abolished the agency.
Ducey has sided with Airbnb against local governments restricting it to protect competitors, and has removed government-imposed limits (benefiting large beer brands) on the growth of microbreweries. He does not want Arizona to be part of “the permission society.”
.. About a third of Americans now need some form of government permission to do their chosen work, and Ducey wants Arizona to be an oasis of liberty in a society plagued by excessive occupational licensing.
.. Ducey wants Arizona to have a “West Coast vibe with a Midwestern work ethic,”
.. California’s business climate is a powerful incentive for firms to relocate in Arizona, where more than 60 percent of the residents were born elsewhere.
.. Ducey calls himself a “full-spectrum conservative,”
.. “This is called the Republican Party. It’s not called the Conservative Party.”