Food trucks have created a big stir in Asheville, as they have in Raleigh. Restaurateurs with loci tied to the ground are concerned they will lose market share; but they campaign against lifting a ban in terms of jobs, tax revenue, and public safety. An advocate for the trucks suggested they would increase restaurateurs’ business. The restaurateurs, apparently, were not considering the consequences of blown diets, stretched tummies contracting, and loopy blood-sugar levels.
One restaurateur did not see how the food trucks would help the taxpayer. Well, a taxpayer might be hungry and not have time to sit down in a restaurant. The taxpayer could be the truck vendor. He could also be the vendor’s supplier. When all is said and done, people only have so much money, and what is spent here could be spent there. In a big country with a fiat standard, one gets rich by depriving his neighbor. It’s not like 1-3 centuries ago when a group could work the earth or hunt really hard and be prosperous.
Perhaps the controversy could be put to an end by getting a federal grant to subsidize the food truckers.
