Re: The Nation's Financial Condition
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:38 pm
They're bewildering because I'm an entrepreneur, and you're not. You have no idea what you're talking about, yet you're pretending as though you do. You're not fooling anyone here. There are several of us here who have started with nothing, and build our own business. You're making your judgements based on the fact that in your job, you don't have to deal with ANY of these market forces.Peter Brown wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:00 pma fan wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:23 pm If we lived in PeteBrown's free market today...right now? I"d put down my computer, find out where you live, buy the property to the left and the right of you and open a paper mill to the right of you (boy, do they smell bad when there aren't any regulations) and a opium den to the left of you.
And laugh and laugh as you try and figure out what to do, as you finally understand that these government regulations that you think are bad, are currently protecting the value of your home through zoning, and rules surrounding operating a business.
Your posts are bewildering and long
Bzzzt. Wrong again, my friend. Zoning regulations are THE regulations for business. I can't build anywhere I want. I can't build any size building I want. Complying with zoning laws is THE single biggest expense---both one time, and recurring---that my business must endure.Peter Brown wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:14 am please note a world's difference between zoning regulations approved by voters and known to the buyer prior to purchase (buyer beware)
Wanna hear the regulations and rules for operating a distillery? (Drumroll) There aren't any that are specific to my industry. Notice I said for operation. Once I go to market? That's when the rules kick in. And every rule was written by distilleries to protect themselves from (drumroll) the counterfeiters that you think don't exist. The first one, that's still in use today, although in another form, is the Bottled in Bond Act of 1897. It was the very first consumer protection law that protected the IP of distilleries, and the health of consumers, who were dropping dead drinking tainted alcohol.
I have no clue what you think buyer unaware is, but in this country, you have access to all laws and regulations from the comfort of your own home computer. On the Federal side, they're known as the CFR's....the Code of Federal Regulations.Peter Brown wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:14 am versus industry regulations unaccountable enacted solely by bureaucrats (buyer unaware).
Bzzzzt. Wrong again. There's a whole raft of underlying rules surrounding construction and zoning that are ENTIRELY written by your hated bureaucrats. Look up Coconut Grove or Triangle Factory Fire and you'll find out why. Your free market at work, yet again.Peter Brown wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:14 am I am a strong proponent of both density as well as architectural regulations wherever I live. These are voted on by residents.
I find the fact that you think our elected officials handle zoning and construction laws just charming. What they do is adopt things like the NFPA, and apply it to the city they work in. And the NFPA is amended routinely by......drumrolll....unelected pencil pushers.Peter Brown wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:14 am Any buyer coming in knows the score prior to buying. That is what I call fair. Unfair are unelected bureaucrats deciding what they want and forcing you to comply.
But sure, keep living in Fantasyland. If you actually want to learn something? Tone down the know-it-all, and I'm happy to tell you what is REALLY sticking it to businesses. If you want to reduce regulations, as I said, 90% of what you have to deal with is local. Businesses like yours are different, because they literally effect the entire country. Same thing with plants that generate lots of pollution and waste. But outside of that? Contact your local rep to get rid of overregulation.
The thing is? Your beloved Republican party loooooves regulation just as much as the Dems do. If the ACTUALLY got rid of unneeded regulations? I'd be the biggest Republican booster you've ever seen. But that's not what they do, my young friend.