In America the regulations are tough, but at least you can get answers. And here in Hong Kong it s never difficult. The same company got an okay and completed work on the city s trolley car system in less than one year. And that s a much nicer ride. Many world famous American names have struggled to sell things in India.
Regulation is so thorough that it s as if each bureaucrat has veto power over every idea.
Coke and Pepsi finally got in, but it took years. And Kentucky Fried Chicken finally got permission, but only after months of heated political debate. In a country where people are starving a government minister said he was concerned that the chicken wasn t healthy enough. While the politicians debate, the people suffer. Dinesh D Souza is an author and research scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.