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If a permit costs $10K, then the value of the whole contract is well over 6 figures. And if your bid was awarded the contract, then $10K ain't gonna bust you. And if money does get tight, once you mobilize your work force and are on-site with your construction trailor, you can submit your first pay request.Yes they do, but when the costs of permits double in a decade and gets to over 10K and you haven't dug a hole yet it's getting carried away, and affecting the industry.
I've spent 30 years preparing electrical drawings for building dept submittals, DSA submittals, OSHPD submittals and even the VA submittals and I'm here to say that all the codes and regulations are a bitch to comply with, but if you don't, you will not get your "occupancy" permit.
Just be thankful we don't bulldoze down your building like Israel does in the OPT. We just "red tag" your ass until you bring your building or structure up to code.
Point being that the price of doing business going up at an ever increasing pace due to absolute bullshit is stiffing the economy.
I don't know where your not complying with the code rant comes from, I never, nowhere, stated that we won't/don't. I'm well awarer of the ramifications of going against our bloated government. I'm only bitching about the ever increasing costs of doing business.
No, I won't "just be thankful you don't bulldoze my building", 14 generations living in this once great country I expect much much better than that.
"Just be thankful" fuck me, like we are little peasants or something. Poor America
Ever notice, when Republicans get rid of rules and regulations, factories blow up, drinking water becomes poison, oil spills happen and the economy takes a downward spiral? You can never tell if they are getting rid of burdensome requirements or simply attacking the country.
Yes they do, but when the costs of permits double in a decade and gets to over 10K and you haven't dug a hole yet it's getting carried away, and affecting the industry.
Not to mention the environmental impact study you have to do before you dig that hole. You know...to make sure you won't endanger the existence of an insect or something.
Oh boy, heaven forbid that rare "insect" nests in one corner of your property, that's enough to shut down an entire project.
Ever notice, when Republicans get rid of rules and regulations, factories blow up, drinking water becomes poison, oil spills happen and the economy takes a downward spiral? You can never tell if they are getting rid of burdensome requirements or simply attacking the country.
Psst. Who do you think is paying for all that legislation? Hint: It most certainly isn't "we the people" aka the government. Go see what Monsanto just did. THEY (mega corporations and banks) are paying for favorable legislation that hamstrings small businesses. Why can't you right wing morons SEE this??? Jeebus.
A Red Tape Tower - Over 20,000 Pages Of Obamacare Regulations
A Red Tape Tower - Over 20,000 Pages Of Obamacare Regulations - Bob Beauprez - Townhall Finance Conservative Columnists and Financial Commentary
Regulating Small Businesses Out of Business
By Blanche Lincoln former Democratic senator from Arkansas, National Chair, Small Businesses for Sensible Regulations
Over the past five years, the number of proposed major regulations those costing $100 million or more to the economy have increased by more than 60 percent. Today, there are over 160,000 pages of federal regulations on the books, and more than 4,200 new rules are awaiting approval.
Over 800 of those pending would directly affect small businesses.
What's the Sum Effect of EPA Rules? - Energy and Environment Experts
While various financial regulatory agencies are far from done generating all the regulations that the law requires, the total time needed to comply with the regulations already issued eclipses 50 million hours, much of which the government has not bothered to monetize.
Now even the Federal government keeps track through The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) calculates that the federal government currently imposes more than 10.3 billion hours of paperwork compliance annually. To put that number in perspective, New York could build more than 1,400 Empire State Buildings in the equivalent amount of time.
Calculating the monetized cost for those hours of paperwork is a bit dicey, however. OIRA estimates that the associated cost of compliance for those 10.3 billion hours comes to $77.2 billion, which means that the government believes an individuals time is worth $7.45 per hour. That is less than the minimum wage in Washington, D.C.
What Does an Hour of Regulatory Compliance Cost? | American Action Forum
But the cost then is even more then $77.2 billion if figured at $7.45 per hour because employers' share of SS/Medicare adds another 7.65% or at $8.01 per hour
that works out to another $5.4 billion or $82.6 billion a year JUST for the cost of paperwork.
So think of what it will be with Obamacare and EPA adding thousands of more in rules and regulations!
AND REMEMBER this is just the Federal government.
Add on State/local rules and regulations...
WE ARE DROWNING IN RULES AND REGULATIONS!!!
It costs business and industry an estimated $1.75 trillion a year to comply with federal regulations, according to two economists whose work was commissioned last year by the Small Business Administration.
The proposed regulatory rollbacks unveiled late last week by the White House appear to total just over $1 billion in annual cost savings.
Read more at Crazy Federal Rules Cost Business $1.75T a Year
All the crazy laws and regulations will cripple many businesses and make life difficult for individuals.
It's almost as if the government wants to ensure that every one of us is likely to break at least one regulation or law at some point. That would allow them to punish us if they see fit. If the IRS is able to target conservative groups, then we can imagine the possibilities here.
The average person simply is unable to keep up with all these laws and regulations. Small businesses might decide to call it quits because they just can't comply with so many unreasonable and oppressive laws. The government is setting the bar high enough to ensure that many will fail. I believe that is the goal.
It's just as bad with our personal lives. People might be breaking laws every day without even realizing it. That's because common sense doesn't help in figuring out what the government says is right or wrong. Most politicians can't even decipher these laws as written.
How many people will face fines or jail for catching rain water in containers, something that has been done for centuries. Now it's illegal. At the same time, some places want to tax people for rain water than runs into the sewer system. Gee, if you'd let us catch the water in containers so we would save money and water when we tend to our garden, we could eliminate the amount running into the gutters. Idiots.
It does seem that small businesses are under attack. They won't survive all the new laws under Obamacare, let alone more new regulations.
They have gone so far overboard with their quest to control every single aspect of our lives, from work to home life, and now they will succeed in doing that by citing some obscure law or regulation that has been broken.
- You all knowThere's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system
Ever notice, when Republicans get rid of rules and regulations, factories blow up, drinking water becomes poison, oil spills happen and the economy takes a downward spiral? You can never tell if they are getting rid of burdensome requirements or simply attacking the country.
AHEMM... WEST TX happened under Obama!
BP happened under Obama!
If you have ever read any of the Utopian philosophies one of the agreements that all philosophers...
its all about government controlling the population. there is a law out there to control anything. step by step, the government continues to gain more and more control. a revolution has taken place and it is not the people against the government. the government has revolted against the people
De-regulation led to the economic meltdown of 2008, the Gulf oil spill and the loss of our representation in government.Point being that the price of doing business going up at an ever increasing pace due to absolute bullshit is stiffing the economy.
I don't know where your not complying with the code rant comes from, I never, nowhere, stated that we won't/don't. I'm well awarer of the ramifications of going against our bloated government. I'm only bitching about the ever increasing costs of doing business.
No, I won't "just be thankful you don't bulldoze my building", 14 generations living in this once great country I expect much much better than that.
"Just be thankful" fuck me, like we are little peasants or something. Poor America
