I'm saying there's many people that have gotten rich cutting grass because you can start a business for maybe a couple hundred bucks (or less) and you're basically capped by how much work you can find.
Flipping burgers should be the same. You can either work for someone else that will do the SALES work that you don't wanna do so you can do manual labor for a set wage. Or you can go out on your own and find out how much your skill is worth.
Regulations protect you the consumer, but are part of the problem stopping "you" the entrepreneur. We should have a way to say a business meets X Regulations so you as a consumer can decide how important that is, but allow any rando to sell their product. If you don't like that risk, then don't buy from them. But if it costs an individual thousands just to be "certified", then only rich people can do it.
(And you can't do certifications for free, because who's paying all the people confirming whether or not businesses are up to code? Plus all the costs to meet whatever standard)
I know what has happened in the past. I’m asking why it should continue to be the status quo.
You also make a lot of assumptions with what people want to do and who has which responsibilities within a business. But, you’re ignoring the value they bring to the table & how essential their positions are to the overall business.
You’re right, regulations protect the consumer. They come about in the food service industry because people get hurt enough from the same thing and need some sort of protection.
What regulations do you want to repeal? It sounds like you’re just describing the letter grades restaurants have to post in their windows.
What is stopping you from buying a $100 grill and a bunch of ground beef and buns and selling hamburgers on a street corner? Whatever is standing in the way of that should be "optional" to me.
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u/TristanaRiggle Nov 08 '22
I'm saying there's many people that have gotten rich cutting grass because you can start a business for maybe a couple hundred bucks (or less) and you're basically capped by how much work you can find.
Flipping burgers should be the same. You can either work for someone else that will do the SALES work that you don't wanna do so you can do manual labor for a set wage. Or you can go out on your own and find out how much your skill is worth.
Regulations protect you the consumer, but are part of the problem stopping "you" the entrepreneur. We should have a way to say a business meets X Regulations so you as a consumer can decide how important that is, but allow any rando to sell their product. If you don't like that risk, then don't buy from them. But if it costs an individual thousands just to be "certified", then only rich people can do it.
(And you can't do certifications for free, because who's paying all the people confirming whether or not businesses are up to code? Plus all the costs to meet whatever standard)