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Tag: SB287

Crush Your Competition

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Tue Jun 28, 2011 at 11:27:28 PM EST
Tags: Rent Seeking, Michigan, Towing Companies, Rules, Regulations, SB287, Business Wreckers, Crushed Dreams (all tags)

With the wrecker of government involvement.

The rent seekers are back. Those folks who cannot compete properly in free markets take advantage of ignorant lawmakers who want to simply provide a "safer environment," yet do not look forward far enough to see the effect of their actions on hundreds of small businesses.

In this case, it is the towing industry. Undoubtedly, the high cost of fuel, insurance, and the reduced traffic and safer cars situation has taken a toll on tow operators in our great state. Particularly the larger less efficient operators with greater overhead to worry about. So much so, that they have sought and are receiving the assistance of legislators in requiring greater licensing by the removal of certain exemptions with MI-SB287.

Jeez. When the vote names come out on this, it ain't going to be pretty. Sorry to see this happening again to Michigan's small tow truck operators.

I was there once

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