I am retiring and trying to start a new business. The various governments make it nearly impossible to comply with the rules regulations and permitting. Unless we mount a counter revolution we will become third world quick.
Knowingly ignore the ones that can safely be ignored. Yes, it shows contempt for the rule of law, but the laws are contemptious.
/johnny
They're getting as bad as the South American countries. Someone opened up a coffee and cold sandwich shop and the City Council demanded they put in a grill (even though they had no use for it) because "the specs called for that size store". ???
The guy closed the shop.
“I am retiring and trying to start a new business. The various governments make it nearly impossible to comply with the rules regulations and permitting.”
My mother is 93. I asked her how her father prospered during the ‘30’s. She ticked down the list of jobs and ventures he worked at, all as his own boss. Installed plate glass, moved pianos and safes to third floors, tore down and rebuilt houses onto different lots, started and operated a music store, an antique store, built buildings and rented them...If you start adding up the cost of government fees and permits, regulatory requirements, certifications, insurance, taxes, legal liabilities and environmental impact statements you quickly realize how limited we are today by our government. Federal, state, county and city all want a piece of you and they want it up front in most cases before you’ve ever made a dime. There was even a recent proposal to tax us all $800 a year on our supposed use of the underground economy.
You can’t even legally hire somebody to work on your house because they must have insurance, a business license and pay unemployment insurance. You must pay them on a 1099.
It’s time to undo all of that and start over.