Another example of how government benefits big business at the expense of small business

There was an article in Norway's largest newspaper, Aftenposten, last monday (30 October) about how the Norwegian food authority, Mattilsynet, in three days last week closed 7 (out 0f 28 controlled) restaurants in Oslo.

No one has been hurt by these restaurants, and yet, Mattilsynet can close them from one minute to the next, and command the guests to leave the restaurant.

But, as lawyer Christian Aubert in the restaurant business association Bedre Uteliv says, "This has undoubtedly something to do with which position you have got in society" and he adds that Gilde (a big Norwegian meat producer) did not have to close during the e-coli scandal, in spite of the fact that a child died in that scandal.

This is another example of how government benefits big business at the expense of small business.