[Between the Lines]

Protectionism plain and simple.

Today restaurants, tomorrow banks, gas stations, video outlets, retail of all kinds, Amway, Mary Kay....

[TheForceOfOne]

It's getting really ugly when government decides who gets to be in business and to what extent they make succeed. We see this now with the attacks on major oil companies.

And with the distortion of the Eminent Domain ruling, they can wipe you off the map when they reach the conclusion they don't want you around anymore, or if a competitor greases a politicians pocket he can have you squashed and take your property, or if you squawk about the tax rate they throw at you.