11/23: Afghani shoe dealer

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Originally posted by Undertoad
No, what I'm saying is that if anyone wanted to set up a used shoe shop in the US, they'd probably have to pay at least $1000 just before starting, on things like licensing, inspection, incorporation, fees, not to mention the basic accounting needed to file much more complicated taxes. That's the definition of "civilized" I'm talking about.

That's not civilized. That's just a result of the cancer of bureaucracy and government. Every little step can be justified by reference to one example or another, but by the time you're halfway to where we are now, your options are reduced to doing what has already been done, at high cost.