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In other words, if he makes a choice that hurts the value of his business, the most capatilastic action is to turn to the government to help "level the playing field"?

You really are blind to how a free market society is supposed to work, aren't you? What other areas of the market would you like the government force to be used to "level the playing field"?

Only a coward needs the government to defend his business decisions. Only the business that should not survive needs a "level playing field" provided by government force. The next steps is lobbying for a required schedule for customers to frequent certain establishments. I certainly don't want to be told which establishments to give my business to in the name of the "greater good".

But, to you that is capitalism. You should sign up for an economics class at your local community college, it would be money well spent.

You really are blind to how a free market society is supposed to work, aren't you? What other areas of the market would you like the government force to be used to "level the playing field"?

I understand capitalism. I'm a CPA who have worked with small businesses for 30 years. Getting regulations changed, laws passed is all part of the "game". Winning using every legal means available is the essence of competition.

I absolutely despise the term "level playing field."

The only true level playing field in the hospitality industry is the free market......each establishment adjusting it's atmosphere, entertainment, decor, menu; etc. to attract the particular clinetelle it wishes.

If I don't want seafood for dinner I'm not going to head for the local crab shack. If I don't want to listen to country music I'm not going to attend the VFD's barn dance. If I don't want to have to go outside for a cigarette while dining or drinking, I won't be going to Applebee's, Delaware, California, New York, Maine or anyplace else that bans it.

If I can avoid establishments that don't have the things I want or have things I don't want, why can't other people?

HMMM.............I wonder, I'll be going to Delaware next month for a function. If I get stung by a bee, wasp or hornet, I wonder if I can sue the state because I was forced by them to be outside and subject myself to a provable hazard to my health? A hazard they could easily have removed by judicious use of pesticides. (for the kool-aid drinking gnatzies this was pure sarcasm)