[Boiling point]

A man invents a widget. He decides to manufacture and sell it from his home. Codes and zoning says no. He moves his process to a rental building across town, and has to install tens of thousands of dollars worth of environmental, OSHA, ADA, Fire, and safety equipment to be in compliance. His teen age children have special knowledge and skills particular to the manufacturing process, but he is unable to hire his family and pay them sub-minimum wage. He must pay a diverse group of people without those skills and pay them twelve dollars an hour plus benefits. His widget is safety related and must pass several levels of government testing at great expense before it is allowed to be marketed to the public. He shortly runs out of capitol and goes belly up. He reports to the unemployment office to apply for benifits and is promptly told he does not qualify. The lady at the counter tells him " How do you expect to get unemployment benefits after miss managing your own business?"

[Cornpone]

I understand your argument. I've often thought of starting a family business but the cards are stacked against me. Free enterprise is now questionable.