closed shops

It is sunday and that is the perfect day to write some words about the “Ladenschlussgesetz” – the “you have to have your shop closed at certain times law” – one of the oddest things about Germany. While it forbids to have your shop open after 8 pm on working days – which is stupid – it forbids to have your shop open at all on sundays – which is also stupid.
The two main arguments against opening the shops on sundays are ridiculous:
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