[cynicalkane]

You can s/ dealers and franchisees with just about any other field containing pioneers and establishments, which suggests to me the reasoning might not be sound.

Specifically, it just seems that historically franchisees made a bet they had a competitive advantage, and bet wrong. So they codified their position into law instead. Given the expense and scumbaggery of franchise car dealers, I think a lot of people feel the industry could use a "grassfire".

[Vivtek]

In this particular case, yeah, I think a grassfire is long overdue (like the California chaparral - suppress the fires long enough and you end up burning three counties at a time).

But there are times and places where fire prevention is considered a good thing.