The forgotten minimum state. Why a ban on Sunday trading and a minimum wage?
The term: minimum state has disappeared from the political dictionary. A state that, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, does not interfere in problems that can be solved by lower levels of government, e.g. local governments, resident communities, or citizens themselves. A state that does not argue with the free market and individual choices just because it supposedly knows better what is good for people.
Sunday trading is on the agenda again. If not all, then maybe at least two shopping Sundays a month. The Sejm, the Senate, the president, i.e. all the saints, will soon decide.
Decisions, as usual, were preceded by endless debates using tired arguments about small local shops and the right to rest and religious practices. Supported by thick reports of experts, think tanks, positions of trade unions, employers’ organizations, the episcopate, public opinion polls and street polls, voices of authorities from left to right, carefully selected examples of welfare states and the third world…
The question is, why bother with this? Let’s imagine situations where all top-down state-level regulations suddenly disappear.
