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Yeah, one of the most ironic things about progressives is that they hate big business but the mountains of red tape they impose make it so that only big businesses can survive.
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Which reminds me that there’s also the labyrinth of tax credits, deductions, grants, and other subsidies that are much easier for big businesses to optimize because they can afford the experts who know where all the goodies are.
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There will be a lot sector specific things that I’m unfamiliar with, but the general form they take are costs that small businesses can’t afford.
If you want to employ more than 50 people (I think that’s the general cutoff), you suddenly need an entire HR department and other compliance personnel to make sure you’re within the mountain of red tape that federal, state, and local agencies have spewed out.
Larger employers can get better deals on the employee health insurance they’re required to offer.
Minimum wage laws remove the possibility of competing on non-monetary dimensions, like better work environment.
Occupational licenses keep freelancers from just hopping into the arena.
There are building and parking requirements that are more costly for startups to meet.
Many places prohibit operating a business out of your residence.
Loosely related: Somehow all the mom-and-pops got shutdown during COVID, while the big box stores stayed open. I have no idea what justified that but it made it pretty obvious who’s daddy’s favorite.