"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Let a Thousand Home Businesses Bloom
“Should home businesses be regulated? Should they stay in the black market? It’s hard to say. But one impact of the Homemade Food Act is clear: When government loosens control of commerce, businesses and jobs get created.” A regulated market is not a free market.
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Some good news from, of all places, Zimbabwe:
http://mg.co.za/article/2014-04-11-zim-informal-economy-fast-taking-over
The article mentions something the article in the original STR post also does: it's pretty difficult for government to extract taxes from such small businesses. All the more reason then to have them. :-)