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The shame of it all made the city back off. Still, the very fact that they did this in the first place tells you that you don't have to go much further up on the scale of commerce before the authorities are all over you. That's true all over the country.

As soon as you start a business, hands come out of all sorts of places. Taxes, pensions, sexual harassment posters, overtime policies, you name it -- and you don't need many employees for these laws to apply (think domestic employee). Its a disincentive to grow from a small business to a medium size business--regulation definitely cuts into your profits.

Still, the very fact that they did this in the first place tells you that you don't have to go much further up on the scale of commerce before the authorities are all over you. That's true all over the country.

Well said. This is the thing that explains the bad economy. The "Government" at every level is now so pervasive, that nothing can grow without being squashed.

In this sort of enviroment, you go home, experiment with a solar cell, and grow vegetables to eat.

Why "work" with "purpose" when all your income - or any future income you may be luicky enough to make before the "find you" - is spoken for in advance, and you have to play "mother may I" with uneducated idiots and time servers all day?