My Streets My Eats: Free Chicago's Mobile Vendors from Anti Competitive Laws

[buddybleau]

Do you have any idea what it cost someone to open a restaurant? THe cost of city permits, health permits, taxes and monthly building rent? Here comes a greaser with a chickenshit vendor trailer and he is going to start feeding your customers. Bullshit!

[Steusar]

Unfortunately, this is how they do business in America lately. If you don't like your competition, use government to crush, restrict, regulate, annoy, destroy, license your competitors.

[AnarchisThinker]

@Steusar And yet, most people complain that if less regulation is there, the businesses will ruin other businesses, when the exact same thing is happening with regulations. -_-

[swankrecords]

At least they're not required to have a Chemical toilet next to their vending cart. Could you imagine that?

[AngryHateMusic]

Ummm, it's reality here. In my town you cannot sell unless you do have a toilet, or have a business within sight that contracts with you to allow your customers to use theirs. Otherwise no permit.

I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.

[mikheii]

@swankrecords Sshhh- don't give the nanny state any ideas.

[MyContext]

Sounds reasonable... What is the opposition saying?