Discussing How Government Breaks Your Leg, Offers You a Crutch, Then Expects Full Appreciation for the “Service”

The following correspondence originally took place on my Facebook wall, upon my post, “Government: Breaks Your Leg, Offers You a Crutch, Then Expects Full Appreciation for the ‘Service’“…

Rebecca Mueller, who owns the mobile fashion boutique, "North & Hudson"

Rebecca Mueller, who owns the mobile fashion boutique, “North & Hudson”

Rayn: Government: breaks your leg, offers you a crutch, then says, “see – if it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t be walking!”

Dear City Hall: The Wait Time for My Permit Almost Squashed My Small Business:
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160706/OPINION/160709954/permit-for-a-chicago-small-business-takes-a-long-time-writes-north

Rasool M.: You are right

Government: Breaks Your Leg, Offers You a Crutch, Then Expects Full Appreciation for the “Service”

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

Rebecca Mueller, who owns the mobile fashion boutique, "Hudson & North"

Rebecca Mueller, who owns the mobile fashion boutique, “North & Hudson”

Dear City Hall: The Wait Time for My Permit Almost Squashed My Small Business:
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160706/OPINION/160709954/permit-for-a-chicago-small-business-takes-a-long-time-writes-north

(Rebecca Mueller) If you are thinking of starting a small business in Chicago, you might want to have an attorney lined up to help push things through City Hall.

Last week, my mobile fashion boutique, North & Hudson, finally hit the streets after months of sitting on the sidelines waiting for approval from the city.

After leaving my career in finance and graduating from fashion school, I watched dozens of my classmates flee Chicago for places like New York or Los Angeles. But I was determined to stay here in Chicago and to support local fabric and manufacturing businesses with orders from my clothing line.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: Government: breaks your leg, offers you a crutch, then says, “see – if it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t be walking!”

Tyranny Exercised for the “Good” of its Victims is the Most Oppressive Kind

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Independent Institute,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

“Of all the tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” – C.S. Lewis

My Commentary: It’s all for the “greater good” ! 😉