In local news
A local restaurant that made national headlines for welcoming gun owners has closed. The owner cites taxes, permits and general bureaucracy.
As a small business owner myself, I can attest to the expense, hassle and general pain in the ass that permits, licensing and taxes on my bottom line and on my time. Time and money better spent running the business.
March 1st, 2015 at 2:40 pm
That’s the point. It’s supposed to be and expensive pain in the ass so you’ll pay someone else to do it. You’re just not spreading the grease around enough is all.
March 1st, 2015 at 4:58 pm
It’s great living in a free country, isn’t it?
March 2nd, 2015 at 5:31 pm
system d
“In recent literature on the informal economy, System D has become a shorthand name for the growing share of the world’s economy which makes up the underground economy, which as of 2011 has a projected GDP of $10 trillion.”
tl;dr: a black market is a free market.