As someone very involved in the operation of a private club (as a member), I can tell you that the government can wield a lot of pressure...threatening the cancellation of liquor licenses, threatening the cancellation of leases, enforcing anti-smoking restrictions by legislative fiat, threatening extra scrutiny on construction permit applications, workers' comp claims, etc. It's very intimidating. Of course, all of this happened to us under a RAT adminstration.
And it's applauded by some people on this board. The comical thing is that they still claim to be "conservative".
Government Blackmail