EDITORIAL: Business must remain wary of stupid regs

Few businesses have escaped the snare of bureaucratic red tape.|Oppressive regulation adds time and money to projects in every industry, and while many regulations serve a useful purpose, some are downright silly.
Consider a state law that requires fertilizer applicators to pay a $5 registration fee with the state. The state is evaluating whether the fee is unnecessary, though regulators can’t say why it was imposed in 1977.
Consider also that state regulators contemplated requiring tanning-bed facilities to have customers sign a document detailing the health risks of tanning beds. Tanning salons would have had to keep those forms on…