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What’s almost worse is that if you want to say start an apple orchard, good luck trying to figure out what the applicable rules and regulations even are!
by rbcgerard 9y ago
What’s almost worse is that if you want to say start an apple orchard, good luck trying to figure out what the applicable rules and regulations even are!
- mikeash 9y agoCan’t you just hire a lawyer who specializes in this stuff to collate it for you? It would be nice if an average person could do it themselves, but I don’t know that it’s reasonable to expect that they should, any more than we should expect an average person to be able to design a building rather than hiring a professional.
- rbcgerard 9y agoOf course you can, what's it going to cost? $20K? $50k? This creates a pretty significant barrier to entry! and that is just to learn what the rules are, let alone comply with them! The end result is keeping small operations out of the market and protecting larger commercial operations that have the scale to deal with the regulatory burden.
- mikeash 9y agoHow much does an apple farm cost? There are a lot of costs associated with a business like this. I need a lot more than a (relatively low) number to believe that this is unfair or unjustified.
- objectivetruth 9y agoThe SBA, SCORE, many state/regional/local biz dev agencies, chambers of commerce, certain industry groups, etc., all provide consulting services along these lines. It's not really reasonable to demand an "all in one" brochure covering every legal requirement for every type of business at the local, county, state, and federal levels.