More government intervention. Did you ever think about opening your own business? Finding some niche in which you could provide a good or service to the general public? Think again. The government, in partnership with whichever businesses your up-start threatens, will do whatever it takes to discourage you from your endeavors.
The nexus of Big Government and Big Business is where the middle class gets screwed. Both political parties are beholden to Big Business so that they can continue to hold their power in Big Government. You think GE supports the environmental movement out of the goodness of its heart? No. As a huge corporation with influential lobbying power, they have a seat at the table when these laws are written -- and they can shoulder the light burden placed upon them by environmental restrictions in a way that small businesses cannot.
On a smaller scale, we have the food truck business in DC. The restaurants are frustrated because people (aka the market) prefer the tasty (and probably less expensive) street food over their restaurant offerings. Instead of competing in the marketplace, they look to even the playing field by handicapping the food trucks right out of business. They complain that "the food trucks aren't pulling their weight in taxes" when they should be complaining about the tax burden the state has imposed on everyone! But they have already given in. They've had their daily dose of soma and now they simply wait at the trough like so many others in order to get their handout or favor from the government. What has happened to the American spirit?
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