Monday, January 2, 2012

The New Mafia?

First Blog of the NEW YEAR - HELLO 2012!
I was thinking (dangerous in many ways), and I came to realize that when you wanted to create your own business decades ago you needed to get permission from the Don (head of the Mob) as well as the Lieutenant who is in charge of the local area, you'd have to be of the right decent, know someone who was of the right decent and then you would have to pay that person off to sponsor you. Of course, let's not forget about the money you had to put out for protection. This in itself could be cost prohibitive, but you could still survive - possibly.

Today, in order to create a business you have to jump a series of hoops, including knowing someone who can help you get started (an accountant or lawyer) and you have to pay them off to get your business started. And of course you have to get permission from the Don or in this case the Don's (state and federal government) as well as the local Lieutenant (local government), and then possibly you could get permission to open your business - as long as you paid off the right 'fees' to make it happen, and got past the zoning and planning board, etc. And unlike the Mob, these guys are completely legit.

And of course, your nation of origin doesn't come into play, and it is much more difficult to start your business of choice today. Let's not even talk about if you plan on putting up a building and the myriad of hoops involved in that. And all in the name of - "FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD!"

Let me make this clear, I am NOT calling the government the new MOB. I am only drawing similarities between the process. Any conclusion reached is YOURS - not MINE!

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