[the invisib1e hand]

"In order to do business in today's environment, government regulations are necessary and we must deal with them. The health and safety of our guests depend on regulations. It is the government regulations that help keep things in order."

What? Who interviewed the guy, a muslim with a scimitar?

[winner3000]

(None of the business owners complained about regulation in their particular industries, and most seemed to welcome it...)

That sounds like a poll conducted in Syria! Not one of the business owners complained about business regulations; 100% welecome more regulations! Baghdad Bob must have found a new job at the McCrappy papers.

[coloradan]

"In order to do business in today's environment, government regulations are necessary and we must deal with them. The health and safety of our guests depend on regulations. It is the government regulations that help keep things in order."

What he's saying is, if it weren't for regulations, we bed&breakfasts would be serving arsenic in the tea.

[1010RD]

They simply went on a ride-along with each locality’s Business Inspection Task Force.

[Scotsman will be Free]

This asshat is admitting that the hotel business would not do anything health and safety wise for their customers if not for the govt forcing them to. I’ll make sure that I never stay at a hotel in Miami.

[heye2monn]

Regulations don’t kill jobs?

Excessive environmental regulations kill jobs, the minimum wage kills jobs, Davis-Bacon kills jobs, Sarbanes-Oxley kills jobs, antitrust laws kill jobs, insider trading laws kill jobs, import restrictions kill jobs, Dodd-Frank kills jobs, and so does Obama-care.

There are idiots in this article — reporters and businessmen both.