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Re:Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside pr... by travbrack on Sunday April 21, 2019 @12:52PM (#19713034)
Do you live in the US? In my state (wa) you need to be licensed as a dealership to do this legally and I hear this is the case in all the other states too.
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Re:Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside pr... by drchewbacca on Sunday April 21, 2019 @05:05PM (#19714585)
I find it surprising that the US is seen as strongly free market when things like this crop up all over the place.

Here's a video of someone failing to get pricing in advance for a medical procedure and an article about how many simple tasks need licences.

The fact that a lot of areas only have 1 broadband provider blows my mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tct38KwROdw

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/02/17/america-should-...

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/50-mi...

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Re:Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside pr... by dboreham on Sunday April 21, 2019 @10:59PM (#19716097)
"Regulatory capture" aka corruption.
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Re:Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside pr... by yeahitslikethat on Sunday April 21, 2019 @01:06PM (#19713119)
Generally it's sales over a handful a year. It'd take him long enough to fix one up that he'd fewer than the limit I think.
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