***So you want the government to pass overreaching laws to protect you from your own stupidity?***
Maybe that is why they descend on this area like locusts after every windstorm or tornado preying on widow women and gouging them for all they can get, because the widow women are so STUPID? We have no GREEN RIVER ORDINANCE laws here.
Whatever a GREEN RIVER ORDINANCE is, do you think it would stop scammers from descending on suckers? Do these predators get the permits? Probably not, but if they did, would it prevent them from scamming? Probably not.
These ordinances are designed to stifle competition from entrepreneurs and to fund the government largess.
Any law which would prohibit a teenager from doing yard work in his neighborhood without paying an exhorbitant fee for permission from the government lords is a violation of the right to pursue happiness.
We don't think in those terms anymore. Government has become so intrusive that we accept without question these kinds of tyrannical laws which interfere with our right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Instead we pay the tribute to the government Lords without even questioning whether or not those Lords have the right to demand tribute.
And there appear to be a lot of Freepers who have fallen into that trap.
“preying on widow women and gouging them for all they can get, because the widow women are so STUPID?”
They are likely not stupid, but are naive. I’d wager that these “widow women” just never had to acquire such skills, like negotiating for home repairs and such. I’m sure that they counted on their dear husbands for those tasks.
Of course, a solution would be that you, your neighborhood men and other community members could create a local group to help these widows. You could offer to help them find reputable service providers, volunteer to do the service or a number of other things.
Not only is your reliance on the government to protect these “widow women” the easy way out, but it is also unbiblical....God specifically calls on us as individuals (and by extension churches) to help widows. In fact, that is one of the main functions of tithing, it is to ensure that churches have the funds to help widows in need....
But hey, if we get the government to take care of our responsibilities, then we can forget about it!