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In the last couple of weeks years I have had the misfortune of listening to harrowing tales from local investors who have endured unceasing maltreatment in their attempts to invest in various parts of the country.
Whether it is from overzealous regulators, uncouth licensing authorities or rabid county and national government political operatives, the story is similar. It is amazingly difficult to get an investment off the ground unless you have serious political protection, which does not come cheap.
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