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JanMichael

(25,725 posts) Wed Jun 3, 2015, 06:10 PM Jun 2015

Can anyone, yes anyone, name a common nationwide local gov't "unnecessary burden"? [View all]

You know ones that make starting small businesses hard.

Freezer and fridge temp regs? Food service rules? Poisoned much? Is liability insurance a problem?

Local zoning or other regulations? So what if you neighbor starts running a strip club out of her house, right?

Please someone give me one. Just one "unnecessary burden" that a President could impact. A bigger fish to fry might be better economic development or bank loan funding access for traditionally excluded groups - we should know who that is.

This particular issue has me baffled.

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Can anyone, yes anyone, name a common nationwide local gov't "unnecessary burden"? [View all] JanMichael Jun 2015 OP

Here in Portland, there was some consternation about small business "street fees" Maedhros Jun 2015 #1

Nationwide is Portlandia? Wow. And I thought I was egotistic. JanMichael Jun 2015 #2

I imagine most cities and townships have some kind of "street fee" for businesses. Maedhros Jun 2015 #3

Which covers cleanup and other maintenance and security in business districts I would gather. JanMichael Jun 2015 #5

You asked for an example, and they gave one. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #14

Hmmmmm Sherman A1 Jun 2015 #16

The claim that govt is "in the way of business" is a conservative religious belief, not factual. phantom power Jun 2015 #4

It is that. We pay out our nose to the Duke Enrgy's and Comcasts and somehow think 10/m... JanMichael Jun 2015 #7

If the local gov't is subsidizing a Walmart, that might make things difficult arcane1 Jun 2015 #6

Through tax incentives & abatement's? Sometimes I agree they suck and sometimes it works. JanMichael Jun 2015 #9

That was mostly sarcasm, that WM makes it hard for smaller businesses to compete w/them arcane1 Jun 2015 #11

Gotcha. Long day two beers and no irony or sarcasm meter working now! nt JanMichael Jun 2015 #12

Dunno, but I'll tell you a story jberryhill Jun 2015 #8

Bingo. Plus in most areas municipal regs are in Spanish too. JanMichael Jun 2015 #10

+1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Jun 2015 #17

You should have offered to fixed it for her... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #18

Heh... jberryhill Jun 2015 #19

Randroids could find one HassleCat Jun 2015 #13

I always ask those chowder heads if they'd prefer things to be ran by say, Comcast instead. HornBuckler Jun 2015 #15