It seems as though big corporations cannot exist without government interference.
The argument goes that other small businesses would start to popup and compete with super successful businesses if there were “that much” consumer demand.
Well, there is no list of government intervention and regulations that hurt small businesses…
so, what are some government regulations that hurt and keep small businesses from competing?
Zoning laws
Taxes
Licensing & permits
Environmental laws
OSHA
Union laws
Employment laws
Corporate laws that require, for example, a board of directors to be of a certain size
Import/Export laws
Tariffs & quotas
Consumer safety laws
FDA, FTC, FCC, BTAF
IP laws
Antitrust laws
The Fed
Legal tender laws
Laws that specific to a certain business typ or sector or industry
Socialized garbage
Financial reporting laws
that’s all I could of for now
Well. Not much for me to say now.
There is one addition: they have less money availible to bribe officials.
This is a problem I’ve been having, I just don’t know where to look for actual examples of government regulation more than just generalizations I would love more live ammo on this subject
This is just the federal regulations. Have fun. [:D]
Exactly…what we need are some small business owners who can give us real world examples…
and say…this and this regulation hurts my business and puts me at a disadvantage because of this…
Hoohoohooo thank you very much dave! So is this really the entirity of Federal regulations on the economy? I thought it would be larger although this is still appauling… Are state codes simaler in size?
Who is dave?
50 general titles, each title has several sub-titles.This would make good kindling for a fire though.
Lol sorry I get the username for you and smiling dave mixed up all the time
Environmental reports are an easy example. Major restaurant chain can afford to pay the thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars to have some company asses the environmental impact of your business. A small businesses can’t afford it.
Also zoning restrict businesses to commercial, industrial, light industrial, and mixed-use districts. You literately have to go to city government offices to look at a map to see if you lease a property for your business. One common example is that you cannot open an eBay business in you home because of all the extra foot traffic it will create in you neighborhood. Go figure, but their excuse is that UPS or FedEx create that extra foot traffic. Also, you can’t use the kitchen inside of your house as a restaurant, because you house isn’t zoned for that purpose. You can’t use a bedroom as a storage room for you merchandise. You can’t use your garage as storage nor as an office. You have to wait months to get a liquor license. Waste an entire wall for posting a whole bunch of information on how your employers can sue you for pretty much anything.
Back to zoning, you can’t use a commercial space as industrial space, for example, for making you wooden chairs. You can;t use industrial space as a hotel. Certain light industrial are for only certain industries, such art and crafts, or medical. It gets really complicated. Good luck opening a bar. You’re always keeping an eye out for OSHA, who might show up and fine you for having that hammer on the floor at the construction site. Or you might get fined because someone forgot to put on their hard hat.
That’s not even getting into the fact that each and every regulation may be interpretted a hundred or more different ways by Government appointed bureaucrats.