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Title: Wanna Start a Business? Rwanda is Better than US
Post by: Ben on January 22, 2014, 10:31:26 AM
It is now easier to navigate Rwandan red tape than it is to navigate US red tape. This is kind of sad, especially because this is a World Bank generated report. Given their political leanings, them coming up with these results shows just how bad the US has become in the "business unfriendly" department.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/22/us-ranks-behind-rwanda-belarus-azerbaijan-in-ease-creating-new-business-world/
Title: Re: Wanna Start a Business? Rwanda is Better than US
Post by: Tallpine on January 22, 2014, 10:35:41 AM
Might be a good place to start a machete factory  =)
Title: Re: Wanna Start a Business? Rwanda is Better than US
Post by: RevDisk on January 22, 2014, 11:12:38 AM

I absolutely believe it. While compliance is not impossible, it's not a quick or easy process unless you hire a lawyer and CPA to set up everything for you.
Title: Re: Wanna Start a Business? Rwanda is Better than US
Post by: Boomhauer on January 22, 2014, 11:32:08 AM
The US has become very business unfriendly.

Hell it's confusing as *expletive deleted*ck just to get started, before you even start getting taxes and regulations and *expletive deleted*it involved...just getting the licenses and tax numbers and *expletive deleted*it together is a pain in the *expletive deleted*ing ass.

Title: Re: Wanna Start a Business? Rwanda is Better than US
Post by: Ben on January 22, 2014, 11:50:52 AM
The Rwandan example that the headline uses is of course a bit sensational, since you can easily start a business, and then as per Tallpine's machete reference, have your head chopped off the next day. The other countries that are "better than us" are a bit frustrating to me, because many of them are socially progressive countries that are always used by progressives here as examples of how a country should be run. Those same progressives are the ones that make our business climate so difficult.
Title: Re: Wanna Start a Business? Rwanda is Better than US
Post by: TommyGunn on January 22, 2014, 01:11:29 PM
It is now easier to navigate Rwandan red tape than it is to navigate US red tape. This is kind of sad, especially because this is a World Bank generated report. Given their political leanings, them coming up with these results shows just how bad the US has become in the "business unfriendly" department.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/22/us-ranks-behind-rwanda-belarus-azerbaijan-in-ease-creating-new-business-world/

Last time I checked it was easier to navigate Chinese red tape ........ >:D
Title: Re: Wanna Start a Business? Rwanda is Better than US
Post by: brimic on January 23, 2014, 03:44:55 PM
The process of bribing the right political officials is going to be a lot more direct and easy to navigate in a place like Rwanda than in the United States.
Title: Re: Wanna Start a Business? Rwanda is Better than US
Post by: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on January 23, 2014, 06:39:13 PM
I absolutely believe it. While compliance is not impossible, it's not a quick or easy process unless you hire a lawyer and CPA to set up everything for you.
Which is the point. It's a sort of covert jobs program.
Title: Re: Wanna Start a Business? Rwanda is Better than US
Post by: Stand_watie on January 25, 2014, 03:59:28 PM
Last time I checked it was easier to navigate Chinese red tape ........ >:D

"...I want a girl who gets up early
(Gets up early)
I want a girl who stays up late
(Stays up late)
I want a girl with uninterrupted prosperity
(Uninterrupted)
Who uses a machete to cut through red tape..."
Title: Re: Wanna Start a Business? Rwanda is Better than US
Post by: brimic on January 25, 2014, 04:00:50 PM
"...I want a girl who gets up early
(Gets up early)
I want a girl who stays up late
(Stays up late)
I want a girl with uninterrupted prosperity
(Uninterrupted)
Who uses a machete to cut through red tape bureaucrats..."

(Rawanda version)