Posted on 08/11/2012 7:40:45 AM PDT by mom4kittys
If I recall from the original story, the state or township did give him a permit but the city was where he ran into problems. My township only requires the state permits but we don’t have enough people here to make any money.
The health and safety requirements on that type of stand are pretty minimal but still far too expensive. A 4 basin wash station, keep the hot dogs above a certain temperature and toss them at the end of the day.
BINGO!!!
Correct. Licensing, zoning and permitting all work to keep the status quo and the entrepreneur out.
Obviously the basic health and safety stuff is good but beyond that its pointless and little more than local protectionism and a source of money for bureaucracies.
The only brick and mortar business in my little town is the party store. The owner opened because he wasn’t hit with a whole new round permits for the township. He owns two other party stores over toward Detroit. He says that closing the 3rd gave him a chance to get out from permits where that store was and open this one that gets a fraction of the business yet brings in a greater profit. (and he doesn’t have to work behind bulletproof glass here)
Merchantability is a natural outgrowth of human interaction and is ensconced in common law. I’ve been to restaurant kitchens just after health inspections and I cannot see that they do any good.
What really happens is that the regulators are politically compromised by the regulated. It’s the normal course of business. I buy food from street vendors all the time. I’ve never been sick and I’ve never asked to see their license, MSDS’s, food safety procedures, etc.
Control freaks, liberals and Democrats, but I repeat myself, don’t trust human beings. They’re the gods that would be. Imagine a bank without any FDIC insurance. What would you do? You’d look to some rating agency, look to the banks public records, and ask mavens which bank is best/safest. Creating simple rules transparency and then letting consumers act is the surest way to keep society safe. Torts and public opinion will do the rest. Particularly in the modern age with all the information tech we have.
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