Everything Is Not OK

Ricochet ^ | 7/6/2018 | Dr Bastiat

[Wissa]

I stopped getting expensive hair cuts when my hair stopped growing at an acceptable rate. No one complains, but who would risk that? I’ll either cry or look at you in a very angry fashion. You might not want to choose which you prefer.

Several years ago I invested $20 in a Wahl hair cutting kit and I've been cutting my own hair ever since then. I've saved hundreds of dollars in haircuts.

There hasn't been a single person who has been impolite enough to comment on my haircut. Then again, why would they? It looks the same as when I hired somebody to give me the haircut.

[thesearethetimes...]

BackToTheTOP

[right way right]

Oh man, does this ever ring true with me.
Had a stable job of 22 years in 2007 and decided it was time to take a career path risk in 2008, well that did not end up panning out well.

Then came Obama, I was hired back by the very good former employer with all benefit reinstated contingent on an improving economy but then was laid off in 2009 because Obama tanked the economy.

The last 10years have been very hard. I had many different jobs trying to stay off unemployement and actually ended up using it all up.
Now, I am somewhat disabled and caring for a family member to protect future assets that will happen in the near future..

I see a lot of jobs advertised and cannot take one at the moment even with Trump pumping up the economy.
This causes some depression to say the least. Hell no, I am not going on disability. I am 55, I should be running my own repair shop.

[Envisioning]

I work in engineering producing ‘construction’ drawings to obtain city permits for construction. The International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) dictates construction ‘standards’ for all new construction throughout the continental US and also applies to remodels of existing buildings. The standards that this code forces adherence to imposes extraordinary costs that are all but exclusionary for small business start-ups.

Intentional? Damn right it is! Inspired by and to the benefit of the industrial complex. The codes get more constrictive and costly with every code update.

[Alas Babylon!]

Well, my hair stopped growing... Mostly...

The side still grows, but not much on the top.

If I don’t get a hair cut every couple months or so, I wind up with hair like Larry from the Three Stooges.

I might be a stooge, but I don’t want to look like the least funny one.

[Mr. Jeeves]

If you do everything by the book you need to be rich before you can open a business. If you want to be a business owner you just go for it.

That's exactly it - coupled with an intuitive understanding that all of those micro-laws really aren't aimed at you. They were created to take out some specific nuisance at some specific time and can't be considered real barriers to entry. Just enter anyway - and beg for forgiveness after the fact if necessary. Which 99 times out of 100, it won't be - because you aren't really big enough for the grifters to bother with.

Now, if you decide to turn your new-found business success into political power as a Republican - then your headaches will begin. :)

[spintreebob]

want code numbers

Every licensed GA cutter I’ve been to only knows the numbers of the guides they put on the clippers. They cannot cut without the guides.

So almost always I go to unlicensed cutters.

[Pajamajan]

Excellent MUST-READ BUMP

[Envisioning]

Oh, and if you want an engineering degree for the authority to produce said documents plan on spending tens of thousands of dollars for the privaledge and spending more to keep your ‘license’ up to date. I am not an engineer BTW.

Also, I spent $20 on a pair of clippers about 10 years ago and have cut my own hair ever since. Figured I have saved about $2600 so far figuring $10 every 2 weeks for a haircut not including gas and time to go the barbershop.

[terycarl]

I moved from Milwaukee to Indianapolis years ago and moved my business there...other than informing Indy. of what I was doing, I did nothing...(sales tax license)...I later moved to Logansport Indiana, and again did virtually nothing...bought a building and opened for business....just do it....they might come along and bother you a little, but you’ll be running your business an they will be benefiting from it....let THEM bother with the paperwork....I’ve done it since the 70’s and have NO regrets.

[eastexsteve]

I know that govt can be a stumbling block to some types of start up businesses, but there are also start up businesses that require very little govt intervention. I’ve been in the restaurant business, retail, and high tech, and never had a problem with licensing and start-up costs related to govt. Just take a few business courses if you need to, learn how to do your own taxes, and go for it.

[nickedknack]

Yes, a good barber is a treat, male or female. The shop I patronize is staffed by Orientals, and the women tend to be the better haircutters. The owner, Charlie, recently retired from barbering. While he still owns the shop, he made one the females the new manager and one of the other females assistant manager. Good luck in Arizona.

[PAR35]

I get a real haircut from a real barber in a real barbershop.

[Romans Nine]

Bump

[Vermont Lt]

I no expense is spared, and you go to Sports Clips? With a coupon?

There is something wrong with that paragraph.

[bgill]

In the bgill household, we cut each other’s hair.

[RightGeek]

It’s humor.

[Larry Lucido]

Wait, I am just the poster, not the author!

Ask him about the cab ride where he gave the driver twenty dollars for a two-fifty fare and said "Harry, keep the change!" :-)

[stockpirate]

The left doesn’t want people to start there own businesss, it’s why they shut down lemonaide stands

[dynachrome]

“Americans, on average, unknowingly commit four violations of law each day. “

I deliberately violate that many everyday. (sarcasm. yeah that’s the ticket)