My brother had to leave Florida (he wanted to join my family and I) because the regulations here made it impossible for him to conduct his business. He specializes in cleaning drains. Too bad you have to have a master plumbers license to plunge a f**king toilet here.
As for myself, I do home-technology. I’m prohibited from working in any new construction without having a full contractors license and very cost prohibitive insurance, even though the cable I install carries no more than 18 volts of electricity and only requires the drilling of a few holes.
My wife and I work from Monday until mid-Wednesday to pay all of the taxes fees and other charges we’re forced to pay so that strangers we don’t even know can suck what all they can from the community barrel.
We’re also in the process of buying a house, the cost of which has just gone up another 6 grand. Why? Because a group of a$$holes decided that every new house has to have hurricane shutters so that they can make my life safe for me.
These are just a few examples of how I have been personally affected by the "controllers". I could go on and on as I'm sure all of you could as well.
BTW William Wallace (just to head off your-one liners)my family is not a bunch of libertarians, WE’RE JUST TRYING TO LIVE OUR F**KING LIVES AND PURSUE HAPPINESS. Which is being constantly frustrated by the meddling controllers and those who condone their agenda by sitting back pretending there isn’t a problem.
Does all this mean we should stop and be defeatist and cynical? Of course not. I don't subscribe to that intellectually or in my actions, as most of us still work hard and do the best we can.
On the other hand to ignore the blatant fact that there are many amongst us who would either take your freedoms or sit back and watch them be taken is delusional and idiotic. It's happening at a furious pace as we speak, and very few of us are doing a damn thing about it.