It makes me wonder what kind of rigamorale you’d have to go through wanting to mow the neighborhood’s lawns for a few bucks, like I did when I was kid.
Health & Safety training course, insurance, possibly a business license, etc., etc.
I wouldn’t want to move to Pakistan either(nothing against Pakistanis; I’ve known a few here in Europe, and generally they’re very nice folks), but the Pakistani Mr. Stossel spoke to may have had a point regarding excessive red-tape. That made me chuckle.
When it would be easier for you to operate a lemonade stand in Lahore or Islamabad than anywhere in America, regulation has gone too damn far.
If and when the collapse comes you won't be able to start a business or subsistence business.
You won't be able to sell your homegrown vegetables...recall they passed a law for that protecting us from the ‘organics’ of home farming.
Your wife cannot bake bread to sell without a Air Permit, as the offgasing of baking bread is pollution.
Any of these items will require permits from all levels of government and the accompanying insurance requirements.
Folks, there is not a thing we can do that is not regulated for tax or government revenue.
I've said it before here in FR, I'll share the story again...a liberal friend asked me at Christmas time what my biggest business expense was for my new small venture. I told her the government taxes, fee's, permits at all levels of government. I can't even hang door-hanger advertisements without paying $150-$300 fee per city I work in.