“Unlike clients of a government agency, customers of a commercial enterprise really are customers, representing potential profit, not cost. In contrast to the DMV sign I shared the other day, consider the sign below, spotted at a small restaurant (via Niels van der Linden).”
http://bastiat.mises.org/2013/06/and-the-actual-customers/
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