miss. >> but in the end we shake hands and honor the results. so whatever you think of the campaign remember that the making of an american president can be a pretty wonderful thing. that's our show. thanks for watching. these rules are war on the little guy. each and every one of these is incomprehensible to me. >> i'm a constitutional lawyer and i have absolutely no idea what's in these books. >> yet government adds thousands of pages of new rules every year. >> tough reforms to protect consumers. >> they say we need more. >> there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom. >> we have to depend on the federal government to protect our children. >> okay. but they keep passing more laws. now we're drowning in red tape. >> i can't eat the way i want. i can't drink water the way i want. >> it's like a disease.

it's like a mold that just gets you through. >> get out of my life. >> this magician must have a license for his rabbits. these men were arrested for offering home improvement. >> are you kidding me? >> how is any normal human supposed to understand this and follow it? >> i don't have that answer. >> the constitution says i have a right to bear arms. but where i live i can't do this legally. >> can't we get rid of some of this? >> the good news is that some entrepreneurs cut through the red tape. >> i chose to be a survivor not a victim. >> so families have a better experience. and even i can drive a cab. >> welcome. >> all these people are combatants in the war on the little guy. >> a certain amount of regulation is good. the problem is that they don't stop. >> i would be out of business. >> with every phone call there came some more bureaucratic red

tape. >> these people say laws endless rules, strangle them. >> our government adds thousands of new pages of law every year. >> that's on top of the 175,000 pages they passed in prior years. >> this is just what you see here just the federal part states local governments add much more than this. >> if you want to get state, county and city laws. you need to rent a bigger building. >> lawyer jeff rose helps little guys deal with this red tape. >> this is an agenda of control for its own sake. that's why regulators do what they do. >> come on. i mean control for its own sake. they're not power freaks. >> i'm guessing you haven't dealt with very many bureaucrats. they like rules and they live to enforce rules. >> i believe they are. >> they are underpaid government function. i call these regulators little emperors. they justify their existence by creating regulation.

>> even marty the magician is regulated. >> i got into being a full-time magician just because i thought, how can i be regulated as a magician? >> he can't get out any more. too bad. >> marty's entertained kids for 30 years and like many magicians, he uses a rabbit. >> a big hand! wow! >> we'll have a birthy child yday child come up and magically appear. it just knocks them out. >> but a few years ago -- >> i was signing autographs and taking pictures and then a badge was thrown in my face. a liceference a rabbit. she says from now you cannot use your rabbit until you fill out paperwork, pay the $40 license fee. we'll have to inspect your home. >> your home? >> i'm subject to surprise inspections of my home. >> she's not embarrassed, right? >> she is very serious about this. >> apparently marty was in

violation of the animal welfare act. ten times regulators have shown up unannounced at marty's house. >> you cannot argue with them. you cannot even talk logically with them. >> she would love it if everybody said awe. >> i got a new inspector. did my first one retire in? no, good news. our budget increases and we'll visit you more often. >> dear members of our regulated community. it sounds like a family. >> unfortunately, a community i don't want to be a part of. they wanted a written disaster plan detailing everything i would do in the event of a fire flood, tornado, ice storm. >> there are 20 possible disasters they list. intentional attack animal's escape tornado, hurricane, blizzard. the government calls these common emergencies. >> the plan came in at 30 pages.

>> so you say to these people come on they laugh and it is but we have to do this? >> they don't laugh and say ever. >> there's always more. you're not doing your job if you're a regulator, unless you add more of this stuff. >> that's right. that's why government grows in one direction and it doesn't shrink. america was conceived as a sea of liberty with islands of government power. we are now a sea of government power with ever-shrinking islands of liberty. >> let's go to that sea of government power. i want to show you around. >> you want a washington, d.c., tour? just $10. that's the capital behind me. this is the irs building. i can't tell you this. that's illegal. >> segs in the city offers guided tours around the city. segs in the city get it? they had a big problem when they started. is it illegal? >> well it is illegal if you talk. >> bill main had an idea.

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i thought the supreme court concluded you could. but what does that mean to me in my town? in new york city politicians say -- >> majority of the people want sensible gun restrictions. >> sensible restriction. what does that mean? >> photo copies not accepted. >> i tried to get a gun license. they make it very hard. first, you must fill out this 17-page form. the form says i must promise i know the definition of other weapons, like switch blade knife, gravity knife, pile and ballistic knife, metal knuckle knife. a kong fu star. i just want a gun for safety. people sometimes threaten me because they don't like what i say on tv. >> it's common sense. >> i think they have too much security now. >> after this appearance some said i should be shot in the face. so when i travel around town i like to have the option of protecting myself. >> studies show americans use

guns every day to stop crimes. >> the robber got more than he bargained for. >> turns the tables on a nice wielding intruder. >> today laws in every state allows to carry a conceal gun. many fear this would lead to a surge in gun crime, but the opposite happened. >> violence appears to be dropping. >> yet some towns like chicago, washington, d.c. new york city make it nearly impossible for people legally to carry a gun. >> this is 50 pages. who understands this? >> it took hours and hours to fill out the forms. we had to call the police department six times to clarify what questions meant. finally, it was done. >> i have to get this notarized. go ahead and sign here and i will fill in the rest. and then you have to go in person to police headquarters. here they fingerprinted me asked me to list reasons why i should be allowed to have a gun and then they charged me a $430

application fee. they said they'd get back to me. at least they were polite. others tell a different story. >> they're rude right from the get go. >> robert martinez served in iraq and afghanistan. >> i have ten years of military experience. >> i think a military vet could keep a handgun in his home for protection. but -- >> it's not so easy. >> why do you want a handgun permit? >> because i want to protect my family. >> martinez lives in a housing project. >> a couple months ago a man was beaten out in front of my building. all of a sudden you hear shots go off and it's like boom boom boom. >> he thought he would just get a gun license but that turned out to be an ordeal. >> they'll have you there at 9:00 when they open up at 10:00 and then sitting there to almost 3:00 in the afternoon. >> within 90 minutes. >> is john stossel coming here to get a license? >> for you it was 9:00 in the morning until 2:00. did you get the permit? >> no.

>> their attitude is people don't need guns. >> the police can't get there. you have a better shot of hitting the lottery than getting your cop at the same time you are getting into problems. >> the process itself was set up to be an ordeal -- >> glen herman runs this website, which advises people on navigating the regulation. >> if you're this expert i would think it would be easy for you to get people guns. >> it's still an ordeal. it's being used as a weapon to deter people from following through the process, which can take as long as a year. >> for me it took eight and a half months. first they told me i had to return to police headquarters for another in-person interview. this time they demanded that i prove an accusation against me had been dropped. they said this headline was not enough. i was supposed to produce the original court document. they also told me i had to document threats against me. fortunately, i could show them things like this. 52 days later they sent me a letter rejecting my application

for a carry permit. they said i could get a license to keep a gun in my apartment, but i feel safe in my apartment. i want a permit to carry where i might feel threatened. but i was told you fail to demonstrate a special need. the license adviser told me i had applied for the permit the wrong way. >> friends of the ruling class, that's who gets it. everyone else you're out of luck. >> donald trump got a permit to carry a gun. so did howard stern and robert dinero. >> it should be done through the chromeyism way. maybe you've done work for someone who knows a senator. that's the approach they make. they will get you in front of a judge and within two to three days you will have your permit. >> these individuals can afford to pay for security. my family can't. no way in hell i'm going to let this lie. >> when we return the red tape keeps coming.

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and move 600 miles away. lives off the land in north carolina. people call him mountain man. >> with my own hands built everything. when i moved here there wasn't a clearing or a building. >> over 20 years his turtle island education center became popular. he taught 1,000 people to live like pioneers but a few years ago the county told him to shut down. >> he hadn't gotten permits. >> the county board over saw the building department. people said his camp was unsafe. we don't necessarily know if it's unsafe or not. >> the mountain man told the county inspectors go away. they came back with lots of people. >> they brought all these different departments from the health department, the tax people the fire marshal. all of a sudden this whole team cars or trucks as far as you can see came in with armed guards and just took over our home. >> doesn't it seem like

overkill? >> not really. just merely had their pistols in on the side. he had the opportunity mr. conway did, to cooperate. >> led to this 78-page report on what the mountain man must change. just more government overkill. we created this report in anticipation of litigation. >> a lot of it is just crazy. they have a picture of a dog house in there for a german shepherd it is four-feet long. >> this is intern housing. like i don't know if they thought we had midgets here or not. >> there are many problems with this property. >> they say you have unsafe buildings resting on a piece of rock. >> yeah like a rock solid foundation. we've been working with the health department for over 20 years. they're telling me i can't live this way. this is the way i live. i can't eat the way i want i can't drink water the way i want. can't sleep in the building the way i want. i guess a new bureaucrat came

in. every year for example, you have a stack of permits where they permitted every year and all of a sudden it's completely unacceptable. >> do you ever think there are too many rules? >> oh, yeah. i think that all the time. but we don't invent the building code. we're merely the enforcer. how is any normal human supposed to understand this and follow it? >> i don't have that answer. they, i don't have that answer. if you look behind me we have 24 statute books. i'm a lawyer. i'm supposed to know all those statutes. builders obviously, can't possibly know all of this but they are taught how to look this stuff up. >> why don't you just do what they ask. >> if we do what they want we destroy the reason that we're there. we want to teach about primitive, natural living. they want us to have modern building. i'm not going to do what they want me to do. >> so what will happen to him?

we'll get back to that. but, first, what will happen if i try to be a cab driver? why should this be illegal? that's next.

what if before i could get my tv show i had to first get permission from the competition. if dan rather or diane sawyer said no i wouldn't be here, that makes sense. r.j. of kentucky assumed he could start a moving company without having to get his competitor's permission. >> we'll schedule this one and this one first. >> he started one. >> put an ad on craigslist and we were very very busy all summer long. >> more people wanted your services and now in just a couple years you got 30 employees. six trucks.

>> over 30 now. clean cut, young guys that really sell with the moving industry industry. >> it's been great. the guys showed up exactly on time and they have been loading and working hard. >> r.j. soon learned that pleasing customers isn't enough. he got a threatening letter from state regulators. >> in order to continue to regulate we need a household goods permit. a certificate of necessity saying there is room in the market for us to operate. >> certificate of necessity. meaning necessity within the moving market in kentucky for another mover. >> what? a business has to prove it's needed to get a license? you essentially have to get permission from your own competition first. >> tim's law firm took his case for free. >> when starbucks started it would have had to get permission from all the other coffee shops? >> if you had to prove that america needed another chain of coffee shops, you couldn't prove that. it turned out america needed a

new chain of coffee shops we know that because they're so successful. >> competition sorts this stuff out better. >> the consumer is in the driver's seat. >> but not when the competition has veto power. >> we're worried about consumer protections. healthy companies in kentucky. >> ryan is president of the kentucky movers association. he has his own moving business. kentucky like half the states allowed existing companies to protest new competition. over the past five years, 19 companies were prevented from entering the moving business because competitors said the existing transportation service is adequate. competition would, of course diminish their revenues. >> affordable moving vincent fisher hall moving all these other moving companies say, no we don't want to allow that. well what gives them the right? we're >> we're not against new companies coming into kentucky. >> we don't want the scenario of

a license company going bankrupt. >> but companies go bankrupt all the time. >> it's the end of the line for circuit city. >> borders book store went belly up. >> part of the creative destruction that makes competition work. >> let's say a town population of 20,000 people would it be beneficial to the consumers to have 15 moving companies in that area? >> maybe. >> no. >> how do you know? >> you'd have companies that are not in a position to provide a good service to the general public. >> the bureaucracy can't decide whether there's a public need for a new moving company. not even the moving companies know that. they have to try it and find out by an experiment. and these laws prohibit that kind of experiment. >> wouldn't home depot like to say, no new hardware store in the neighborhood. you can't open. wouldn't gm like to say that to toyota and honda? >> i'm sure. i'm not the one that sets the law. i'm just abiding by the law.

>> also he says the older moving companies want to protect consumers from shady operators. >> just say i'm coming to pick up your furniture. i tell you it's $80 an hour and i get to your new house and i say i'm going to charge you $155 an hour. >> now we have this thing called the internet where people can find out if a company has a bad reputation. >> consumers go for the cheapest price, john. >> check the web before she hired r.j. >> if somebody rated a company poorly and said they didn't take care of their items and that would certainly ring some alarm bells for me. >> had you had complaints from people you'd moved? >> no. no complaints. we are the top ranked moving company in the state according to angie's list. >> after a two-year fight with bureaucrats the judge ruled in r.j.'s family. now any moving company can compete in kentucky. that's a good thing for consumers and also because -- >> entrepreneurs are the welt

create wealth creators of our society. i assume if i want to start a business a moving company would be a good way to enter. simple just need a truck, some strength. go compete. >> it should be. you buy a truck, you paint the word mover on the side of it and you're in business. if customers like your products and services, then they'll buy from you. >> the regulators just aren't mean for safety and an orderly marketplace. shouldn't there be some rules? >> what we want is a free marketplace. if we have an orderly marketplace, who is doing the ordering? it should be consumers who do the ordering. >> what's with the stupid mush tash on my car? that's next.

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what if i can make some money driving my own car and help you, too. wouldn't that be great? thousands of people already do that thanks to new cell phone technology that lets ordinary car owners offer rides to people. people who want a ride opens an application. this one is called lyft and others are called sidecar. they push a button and that flags a nearby driver. in this case, me. we got one.

lyft makes its drivers put this ridiculous mustache on our cars. it's a marketing gimmick but it helps a person who wants a pickup spot the car. i also have the passenger's phone number. >> your destination is on the left. >> and his name. tim? unlike normal cabs lyft drivers invite customers to get in the front seat. welcome. >> thank you. >> this your first lyft ride? >> my first. >> where are you headed? >> tim signed up for lyft because it's cheaper than taxies. >> i had friends who used it and they raved about it. >> he likes it that lyft's passengers sit in front. that makes for a friendlier ride. you see the pink mush tashtache and you get in the front seat and a fist bump and it's a new experience of connecting with other people in your community. you meet someone with different political beliefs, someone with different music tastes.

companies that have been formed with drivers and passengers. >> thank you, sir. >> have a good day. no cash changed hands. payment by credit card only. and the price is up to the passenger. if he didn't like me, he could tell his app tapay me less. of course then he'll have a tougher time getting the next lyft ride. i liked him. i'll give him five star. that will make it easier for him to hire the next lyft driver. welcome. i'm supposed to give you a fist bump. have you used lyft before? >> i have. >> why would she feel safe getting into a stranger's car? >> everyone i have taken so far have been very nice. >> not everyone can be a lyft driver. my car had to pass inspection and i had to basspass a background check. >> you can see pictures of them and their car and their ratings. >> to get bad ratings, you can't drive any more.

what if the passenger is obnoxious. smells bad? >> goes both ways. ratings on the drivers and the passengers. >> people get rides and i make some money. what a great deal. who would object to that? taxi drivers. that's who. >> cabbies lined up their cabs and then let them sit. in protest of car sharing apps used in the city. >> new ideas like lyft make established industry players angry. >> this is our family! >> we have to pay big money for licenses and we have to get fingerprinted and commercial insurance. punk mustache has nothing. side car has nothing. >> well not nothing. there is that background check and the ratings. but lyft drivers don't have to obey all the city's taxi rules. >> they just don't comply with the law. >> bill rouse runs the biggest cab company in los angeles. >> you want to ban the competition? >> we're not trying to ban the

competition. what we'd like to be competing with companies that follow the rules. >> but they have to meet the safety standards? >> they're licensed as private vehicles. there is no safety standard there. this is the honor system. >> actually it's something better than the honor system. if i'm checking my app, oh, this driver has been criticized by its passengers. that's not the honor system. that's the world policing him. >> that's all after the fact. >> in washington, d.c. bureaucrats got so upset with car sharing businesses they even did sting operation. today, however, d.c. tolerates services like lyft. they became too popular for regulators to strangle. no evidence that regulated cabs are safer. here in new york licensed cab driver jumped the curb hit a woman and admitted i shouldn't be driving. >> that doesn't cry out for less safety regulation.

it actually cries out for more vigorous enforcement of the safety regulation. >> of course that regulation makes it hard for outsiders to compete. most of the rules that exist in the transportation industry are designed to protect existing transportation companies from competition. >> in many cities no innovative taxi company. in nashville, tennessee, bureaucrats demanded that every car service established companies must charge at least $45 a ride. >> i'll have to charge him $45 for going four blocks. nobody is going to ride for 45. >> it was all protectionism to protect the industry. >> when ali started metro it was a great success. but that $45 minimum hurt. >> we lost all the clients and they went back to taxi. >> fortunately, uber appeared and used their lobbying muscle to defeat the $45 minimum. and metrolivery's business

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have some extra space in your house? want to make sh money renting it? now you can. >> here's my room. i think it's pretty nice. here's the stairs.

they're going to sand them but i think it actually looks cool. >> they? who's they? >> i think this is their office. >> victoria doesn't know much about this apartment because it belongs to strangers and she and her mom just arrived. they're from florida, but they wanted to visit new york city for a few days and they prefer to stay in a home. >> a lot better than being in a hotel by far. being in the city with a child it is much more convenient because not only -- >> alice renovated his apartment and then decided to try to make some extra money renting his extra space to tourists. >> i just love meeting new people from all different parts of the world. >> that's why he makes his breakfasts part of the deal. he advertises on airbnb and trendy lofts, steps from times square. $149. in this neighborhood that's cheaper than a hotel. plus julie liked the pictures

on the website and comments from previous guests like the apartment is cozy. felt like a home away from home. >> not only are we able to use the fridge we have a microwave, fresh hot coffee. >> i'll make it. >> julie likes staying in homes because this way her daughter gets to learn a little about how different people live. >> messy is comfortable. >> the website is run by gia and tayo. she and hers are created it because they travel a lot. >> so we said hey, there must be thousands of apartments empty right now. how do we find them and rent them? >> how do they rent their home when they travel? why not go to craigslist? >> we dealt with people that just never showed up and people who refused to pay in advance because they didn't know who we were. >> how do i know i'm not going to get some guest that would trash the place? >> there are reviews on the site. >> the reviews, the internet feedback. this crowd sourcing is what

makes these cool ideas work. julia and victoria knew that he was a good host. he knew less about them. >> most guests don't have as many reviews. once i get their name i try to do a facebook search on them. i've generally had very good luck. >> this wonderful new business where strangers with complimentyy complimentiry needs. this politician got a law passed that bans anyone from renting their own apartment to anyone for a time period of less than a full month. if you do you're an illegal hotel and you can be fined up to $25,000. the hotel industry supports the law. to protect tourists they say. >> they walk into a situation that is not safe not clean. >> really? when we asked for names of

complainants her office didn't provide any. >> there are people begging legislatures for the law to be overturned. >> the good news is that despite all the laws sometimes entrepreneurs and their customers still win. room for rent website listings are up since new york's law passed. people make some money and tourists save money and both have an experience they normally wouldn't have. >> enjoy. >> it was amazing. great, easy fun. >> the cheaper taxi services survive. the regulators pounce and the business grows. >> yeah the business is growing incredibly fast. we had people say multiple times that lyft has restored their faith in humanity. >> lyft and side car now in more than a dozen cities. the mountain man refused to close his camp and got north carolina's legislature to change

the law to exempt primitive camps. sounds like the bill was written just for him. >> it was written just for him and they fixed it so that he was pretty much exempt. >> so the mountain man teaches kids again. and the segway tours continue. and r.j. keeps moving people while he fights in court. >> look at that everybody! >> marty can keep his magic show alive. >> it's a happy ending here. >> yes. >> after his story made headlines, the government backed off. marty no longer must have a disaster plan for his rabbit. with with a little magic and a rabbit we have a stay in the rule. >> but you had to have such a dramatic story. you were on the front page. >> most victims of big government suffer in silence. but these people fought back. >> these regulators really do believe that they're making the world a better place when if you listen to all of these stories, we are making the world a better place. >> some may never win, but it's great that they fight. >> great to be in this room with

other people. it's good to be here together. we're not the only ones. >> they are the good news. but the bad news is that in there and state capitals everywhere they keep adding more red tape. they should stop. but they won't stop. we'll stop. that's our show. thanks for watching. >> it was all protectionism. >> when he started it was a great success, but that $45 minimum hurt. >> we lost all the clients and they went back to taxies. >> fortunately, uber appeared and used their lobbying muscle to defeat the $45 minimum. and metrolivery's business picked up again. why would they want to protect existing businesses? >> existing businesses are politically connected.

>> right. and in this town the hotel industry lobbied for a bill that makes it illegal for me to rent my own apartment for less than a month. and it passed. i'll explain.

got some extra space in your house? want to make some extra money renting it? now you can. >> here's my room. i think it's pretty nice. here's the stairs. they were going to sand them but i think it actually looks cool. >> they? who's they? >> i think this is their office. >> victoria doesn't know much

about this apartment because it belongs to strangers. and she and her mom just arrived. they're from florida, but they wanted to visit new york city for a few days and they prefer to stay in a home. >> a lot better than being in a hotel, by far. being in the city with a child it is much more convenient because not only are his breakfasts amazing. >> alec renovated his apartment and then decided to make some extra money by renting his extra space to tourists. that's why he makes his breakfasts part of the deal. he advertised on websites like airbnb. and roomorauma.com. $149. in this neighborhood that's cheaper than a hotel. plus julie liked the pictures on the website and comments from previous guests like the apartment is cozy. felt like a home away from home.

>> not only are we able to use the fridge we have a microwave, fresh, hot coffee. >> i'll make it. >> julie likes staying in homes because this way her daughter gets to learn a little about how different people live. >> messy is comfortable. >> the roomaroma website is runned by gia and tayo. they created it because they travel a lot. >> we said hey, there must be thousands of apartments right now. >> how might they rent their home when they travel? why not go to craigslist? >> on craigslist you don't know who you're dealing with. people who never showed up and people who refused to pay in advance because they didn't know who we were. >> how do i know i'm not going to get some guest that will trash the place? >> there are reviews on the site. everything is very transparent for both sides. >> the reviews and internet feedback. julia and victoria knew that he is a good host. he knew less about them.

>> most guests don't have as many reviews. i'll try to do once i get their name. i'll try to do a facebook search on them. but generally i've had really good luck. >> he's happy, they're happy and this wonderful new business where strangers with complement complementary needs find each other keeps growing. so of course, politicians crack down. >> an illegal hotel room situation have a terrible experience. >> this politician got a law pass that bans anyone from renting their own apartment to anyone for a time period of less than a full month. if you do you're an illegal hotel. and you could be fined up to $25,000. the hotel industry supports the law. to protect tourists, they say. >> they walk into a situation that is not safe not clean. >> really? when we asked for names of complainants her office didn't provide any. >> there are people begging legislatures for the law to be overturned. >> the good news is that despite

all the laws sometimes entrepreneurs and their customers still win. room for rent website listings are up since new york's law passed. people make some moneys and tourists save money and both have an experience they normally wouldn't have. >> enjoy your class. >> it was amazing. quick, easy fun. the cheaper taxi services survive. the regulators pounce and the business grows. >> yeah the business is growing incredibly fast. we've had people say multiple times that lyft has restored their faith in humanity. >> lyft and side car in more than a dozen cities. the mountain man refused to close his camp. and passionate supporters got north carolina legislature to change the law to exempt primitive camps. sounds like the bill was written just for him. >> it was written just for him

and they fixed it so he was pretty much exempt. >> so the mountain man teaches kids again. and the segway tours continue. and r.j. keeps moving people while he fights in court. >> look at that everybody. >> marty can keep his magic show alive. >> it's a happy ending here. >> yes. >> after his story made headlines the government backed off. marty must no longer have a disaster plan for his rabbit. >> have what they call a stay in the rules. >> but you had to have such a dramatic story. you were on the front page. >> most victims of big government suffer in silence. but these people fought back. >> these regulators really do believe that they're making the world a better place when if you listen to all of these stories, we are making the world a better place. >> some may never win, but it's great that they fight. >> good to be in this room with other people. good to be here together. we're not the only ones. >> they are the good news. but the bad news is that in

there and state capitals everywhere they keep adding more red tape. they should stop. but they won't stop. we'll stop. that's our show. thanks for watching. is what we are here for. >> of course, walks into a bar. the bartender says why the long face? it is offensive. >> we always try to be politically correct. >> i just keep my mouth shut >> because somebody is always offended and in some countries they will kill you. now what has come to america >> shooting outside of a conference center least two people dead. >> but it does not stop racism.