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Do-gooders crush small establishments' spirits (D.C.)
Washington Times ^ | 9-28-06 | Tom Knott

Posted on 09/28/2006 11:21:18 AM PDT by JZelle

All too many denizens of the city instinctively rail against corporate America as an article of their political faith but inevitably undermine the entrepreneurial spirit of the mom-and-pop tavern operators in their neighborhoods. This disconnect is played out in various areas of the city, initiated by civic association groups and the elected officials of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission. Their hubris is surpassed only by their thorough misunderstanding of the marketplace.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: alcohol; atf; legalproduct; licensing; nannysate; nimby; prohibition; prohibitionists; regulations; smallbusiness; taxes; washingtondc; youpayforthis; yourtaxesatwork
Those who can, do; those who can't, govern.
1 posted on 09/28/2006 11:21:19 AM PDT by JZelle
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To: JZelle

Their hubris is surpassed only by their thorough misunderstanding of the marketplace...and society, and natural law, and theology, and history, and facts.


2 posted on 09/28/2006 11:28:21 AM PDT by polymuser (There is one war and one enemy.)
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