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FBN’s John Stossel breaks down how parts of the American’s With Disabilities Act are hurting small businesses
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The government is trying to regulate almost every aspect of our -- -- like my life here's an example.
The Americans with disabilities act mandates that hotel pools -- wheelchair accessible this -- Private small businesses have to spend tens of thousands of dollars to modest -- that modify that polls in accordance with the at all.
As -- and company viewers know I have post -- experience for this regulation.
Johnson also he's the host of -- also on the Fox Business Network he's the author of the new book know they can't joins us now from Washington.
-- John this is a particularly egregious example of just crazy regulation that cost small business is a nominal like tell us small.
Well they're all -- despite you're right this is the one that may be worse than many that there's already rule saying a portable.
Left is good enough.
And we talked to hotels -- had these lists for 1015.
Years no one has ever asked to use them.
But now the government says that's not good enough you have to have a permanent lifts -- in every pool and as you now.
Some people can't afford that you can't even -- -- permanent -- because there's such a backlog for the nobody knows what the enforcement will be fines could be big.
Some places will disclose pool.
You know exactly right 10 this from -- the expense of within my family.
We're being called upon to place a permanent structure but -- -- a very small pool in a small hotel.
We can't find anybody to in stole this structure.
Among we've got it if we get it which will cost us tens of thousands of dollars he will not be used and we -- -- liability rates will go up because people will trip over this -- structure by the side of the pool.
You know -- -- all crazy.
And you -- I'm sure.
The political class doesn't see or doesn't want to see the unintended consequences of the rules just the 88 in the first place it was passed set.
Make the workplace more accessible to disabled people.
And fifty only 51% of disabled people were in the workplace when it passed now it's twenty years later how much of things improved.
They got worse by the way -- for.
Down from 51 to 32%.
John -- as high as it has been one member of the political class who got it finally was senator George -- McGovern ran for president big liberal.
He was senator when he left politics.
He bought and in in Connecticut and -- 88 American disabilities act is what drove his in out of business finally wrote a piece on Wall Street Journal saying if I realize how business was affected by this I never would have passed that law.
There wouldn't be nice if they all realize that mean that's what I'm embarrassing myself going around the country with the silly signs saying.
They don't make our lives better they make it worse.
You know John we realize you is a -- against this nonsense that we get from the government all the time and we appreciate you being with us and we appreciate it shows so everybody do not miss it called -- -- It's on the Fox Business Network it's tonight it's at 9 PM eastern.
It's a great show and Jon thanks for sharing this example -- this is a good deal --
