In Washington, DC, where most parking meters don't take credit cards or dollar coins, parkers can, for a price, use an app on their smartphones to park. The Durbin amendment in Dodd-Frank is raising the cost of this over 40%. Thanks, Congress! [Sen. DeMint; related earlier]
Durbin Amendment punishes DC parkers
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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