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Massively popular California bakery forced to cancel huge expansion for ridiculous reason

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Massively popular California bakery forced to cancel huge expansion for ridiculous reason

San Franciscans have been eagerly awaiting the expansion of a wildly popular bakery — but the owner announced Wednesday that those plans have been crushed by the city’s bizarre permitting rules. Sophie Smith, who owns Butter & Crumble, said on social media she was “so disappointed” to share the news that her dream of opening … Read more

More than 90,000 governments across America are stealing your time with their absurd forms and rules — even Estonia works better

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In 2001, writer Jeff Miller walked into a Massachusetts DMV to transfer his driver’s license and walked out as a convicted felon. At least according to the government. Miller had never been arrested. But as journalist Annie Lowrey explains in her new book, “The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time — and How … Read more