Oh, you mean like open a bank, fail, and get bailed out by the government?
This is not a Free Market or a Meritocracy. We live in a crony corporatist state that masquerades as capitalist, but is more akin to a Mafia. Serve it or defend it at your own peril.
That's what these protests are about.
I didn't realize I was so limited in the US.
Where do I go to see what businesses I'm allowed to open?
Who is the "Don" I need to ring kiss to get permission?
When will I be executed for daring to think for my self?
Sorry, but if the country is as bad as you paint it, we'd all be in camps and most of us would have been shot years ago.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to put in my request to requisition a travel permit so that I can obtain gas for my car. The line is only 4 hours long Tovarich, so I may be back tonight, unless I can't afford the signature tax on top of the breathing tax. /sarcasm.