In Restaurants, But Never Taxes, Are Dropping Like Flies, I quoted a restaurateur whom the State put out of business with its taxation and regulation; this victim wished that “our career lawmakers and politicians, local and national alike, [should] take a mandatory ‘Undercover Boss’ “ challenge and live in the shoes of a small business owner for a week. Maybe then they will better understand the economically stifling environment they have created…”
One of LRC’s readers recalled that Senator George McGovern (Socialist-SD) endured something even more educational than “Undercover Boss”: after leaving government, he “acquir[ed] the leasehold” on a hotel. And lo and behold, the dictator who micro-managed other people’s businesses from the Senate, adding exponentially to their “hazards and difficulties,” soon filed for bankruptcy. “I … wish,” he sighed in an op-ed, “that during the years I was in public office, I had had this firsthand experience about the difficulties business people face every day…” Hmmm. Maybe that’s why the Constitution never authorizes the Feds to interfere in markets, let alone appoint pin-headed bureaucrats to do so.
Sadly, McGovern’s fellow predators paid no more attention to his “epiphany” than they do to common sense, decency, or justice. Nothing deters these leeches from pursuing ever more power over their betters.
5:50 pm on January 12, 2019
