With this worldview, no company or business model is safe from government regulation.

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In fact, the IRS regulation provides a safe harbor for a penalty that applies ONLY if a subsidy is actually granted.

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He admitted that until reforms were enacted, regulation would "not be as safe as we would like".

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He said current laws had resulted in "inconsistent, illogical and capricious" distinctions between types of events and regulation should be required only where it was needed to keep events safe.

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