Why should the owner of the auto parts store have pay the cost of a wheelchair ramp to solve what Congress has determined to be a societal problem? Sort of like how government requires private landlords to rent apartments at below market rates to solve a public housing problem. If its a public problem, then the cost of “solving” the problem should be paid from tax dollars, not forced upon a small group segment of the population.
If nothing else, think pragmatically.
1. The ramp will increase your business.
2. You will expense the cost of building it.
3. By the time government got through with it,
the cost of the ramp would go up a hundred fold.
4. It’s the cost of doing business.