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1 posted on 09/18/2002 6:11:45 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Cut taxes. Cut regulations and red tape. Problem solved.
2 posted on 09/18/2002 6:21:58 AM PDT by ikka
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looks like the watermelons anti-business agenda is starting to yield fruit
3 posted on 09/18/2002 6:33:00 AM PDT by Texas_Jarhead
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This is not particularly surprising.

In living memory, say as recently as the 1960's, all a man with a high school education needed to do to build a house was to buy a lot and purchase the necessary materials. He could work on it himself or hire out any part to any labor he chose.

Today there is a very real possibility any number of bureaucrats will find and ENFORCE any number of truly arcane and nonsensical rules in regard to the design, location,and materials of his house, critique his hiring practices and onsite construction techniques as well as question his paperwork and legal standing to engage in the practice of housebuilding.

Try something even more sophisticated and the problems multiply.

One of the titans of gun design (I'm not sure which) is said to have started his career at the age of about 15 in the mid 19th Century by purchasing the metal and machinery necessary to build his first rifle. No BATF oversight, no underage requirement, no Columbine syndrome. Just a skilled and visionary young man operating in an environment most people today would consider to be anarchy.

Somehow it all worked then and if we, the people, would just get some gumption it would work again.

To paraphrase Ronald Reagan at the Berlin Wall:

Mr. Bush, If you truly love the principles of Liberty and the Constitution, TEAR DOWN THIS BUREAUCRACY!

Best regards,

5 posted on 09/18/2002 6:34:04 AM PDT by Copernicus
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For the first time in more than 50 years, entrepreneurs are failing to lead the United States out of recession, government data suggest.

Right, blame the people, just like Miriam Oliphant did for the most recent voting scandal in Broward county.

7 posted on 09/18/2002 9:08:27 AM PDT by Moonman62
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I would love to start my own business. But I think of the all the taxes and regulations, and all the hours I would spend working, it doesn't seem worth it. Something like software consulting might be feasible.

Today you are penalized for being an entrepreneur, its not encouraged by the government.
10 posted on 09/18/2002 9:17:30 AM PDT by caa26
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