San Francisco Minimum Wage Law Claims Scalp of Great Science Fiction/Fantasy Specialty Bookstore
Yes, a higher minimum wage can kill small businesses.
Yes, a higher minimum wage can kill small businesses.
California's Department of Industrial Relations slapped the owners of the Westover Winery with more than $115,000 in fines and assessments for using volunteer workers.
A parallel trend to the new-business nosedive is the rise of the freelance economy.
Zoning enforcement is being used to rid the French Quarter of souvenir shops.
Government mostly hinders us, and then brags that it is waiting to take charge when we fail.
President Obama laughingly promised to look into discriminatory dry cleaning pricing, but it's no joke for some.
Current fight a consequence of people on both sides using law as a blunt weapon
Death by a thousand regulation-mandated cuts
Changes will kick in just before the 2014 elections
Nearby businesses complained constantly
Even when companies properly requested the money back
Many private harms caused by the government shutdown are due to its own insistence on meddling in our lives
The lure of revenues has distorted police priorities as money-hungry agencies think more about grabbing property than about fairly applying the law.
Allows existing businesses to veto newcomers
Refusing service is a right
Market economics remain a mystery for some
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