City of Greenville Business and Permit Fees. I have the paper right here.

Resident Home or Small Business Application and Paperwork Fee. $1200.00. And that's just for the FEES and PAPERWORK. Plus the cost of lawyers and such and actually getting the license it self. And this is a YEARLY fee, with a 15% penalty fee if if it is late, with an additional 10% per day each day after April first. There is also a 200 dollar filing fee for the city to maintain a copy of your records, license, and various paperwork each year. There are also fees based on the revenue you take in. 80 dollars on the first 2000 gross that you take in. $1.67 per 1000 or portion thereof on the next $98,000, with is the cap on home based business incomes. If you excede this ceiling cap on home based business income, you can be fined upwards of $10,000 for various violations of revenue laws and go to prison for up to one year.

Adam Smith is rolling in his grave right about now.

I ripped the people down at city hall a new one. They demanded that the officer present drag me away, but he refused to do it. He knows me rather well. He's not Officer Friendly, but I see this one down at the coffee shop a lot. He said as long as I kept profanity to a minimum and did not actually make any threats, that I had not broken the law and I as an American citizen and a resident of Greenville county had the right to say whatever I damn well pleased. So I did. And then some. Grr. And he kept covering up his mouth with his hand and acting like he had a cough.

It's nuts I tell you, nuts.

No sane person would open a business under these conditions.