The real point of all this...

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TB — 7/20/2013 4:43:21 AM (archived)

This kind of crap is going on in dozens, if not hundreds of cities across the country. The political bar for building a business, especially one that needs a lot of capital, is getting higher all the time.

And cities are dying from it.

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Now I've seen it all. - RobVG - 7/19/2013 4:53:21 AM
- The real point of all this... - TB - 7/20/2013 4:43:21 AM
- Did you know that in (whacky, conservative, libertarian...) Utah, all gas stations sell their gas for the same price? - alcaray - 7/19/2013 10:53:08 PM
  - Not sure who told you Utah was libertarian. - TB - 7/19/2013 11:21:33 PM
    - I know that when libertarians were talking about taking over a state, Utah was on the list of prospectives. - alcaray - 7/20/2013 12:44:58 AM
      - And I'm quite familiar with the tricks you have to go through to get a decent drink in Utah. - alcaray - 7/20/2013 12:47:08 AM
        
        I drive through Wendover on the way to the Midwest. - TB - 7/20/2013 2:41:33 AM
        
        They have beer cocktails. Seriously. - alcaray - 7/20/2013 12:48:05 AM
  - I take back part of what I said. - alcaray - 7/19/2013 11:10:39 PM
- Re: Now I've seen it all. - TB - 7/19/2013 7:17:30 PM
  - Which is that it was raped by the folks who buy debt. Banks, etc. - bowser - 7/19/2013 10:18:02 PM
- Washington DC - Robert - 7/19/2013 2:59:43 PM
  - I notice you dodged a point. - TB - 7/20/2013 2:51:31 AM
  - The law was specifically targeted at WalMart. - TB - 7/19/2013 6:13:08 PM
    - wrong - Robert - 7/19/2013 9:33:58 PM
      - Save it for the rubes. - TB - 7/19/2013 9:49:18 PM
        
        "everyone knows" - Robert - 7/20/2013 1:40:44 AM
        
        Everyone with a working brain. - TB - 7/20/2013 2:33:21 AM
        
        That would seem to exclude you - Robert - 7/20/2013 3:42:20 AM
        
        It was in the version I found, linked in a comment below. - TB - 7/20/2013 4:23:59 AM
        
        Once again - Robert - 7/20/2013 6:13:17 PM
        
        P.S. - TB - 7/20/2013 6:56:32 PM
        
        Derailing - TB - 7/20/2013 6:45:59 PM
        
        You are a rube. Seriously, TB, "Mysteries of the Multiverse" was created for you. - bowser - 7/19/2013 10:19:11 PM
        
        Re: You are a rube. Seriously, TB, "Mysteries of the Multiverse" was created for you. - TB - 7/19/2013 10:20:04 PM
        
        Another version: - TB - 7/19/2013 10:18:05 PM
  - ... - ER - 7/19/2013 5:56:47 PM
    - ditto health care - Robert - 7/19/2013 6:08:41 PM
      - Re: ditto health care - TB - 7/19/2013 6:23:04 PM
        
        Surely you're not unfamiliar with the concept of an insurance pool? - Robert - 7/19/2013 9:36:21 PM
        
        Individual citizens? Do they know that yet? - TB - 7/19/2013 10:10:30 PM
- You ain't seen nothing yet. - ER - 7/19/2013 12:18:27 PM
- I'm surprised by your response. - bowser - 7/19/2013 5:49:34 AM
  - I don't think so. - RobVG - 7/20/2013 12:20:16 AM
  - A bit more on the Whole Foods project: - TB - 7/19/2013 6:39:07 PM

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