He spends the article basically grousing about The additional costs of payroll taxes, overtime, paid sick leave, minimum wage regulations, benefits and

He spends the article basically grousing about The additional costs of payroll taxes, overtime, paid sick leave, minimum wage regulations, benefits and health insurance, unemployment tax, workers comp insurance, and potential for lawsuits in a highly litigious industry put us in heavy handcuffs. God forbid he treats employees like people who may get sick and need to see a doctor, or who get minimum wage, or take responsibility for their screwups, or ... Basically, he had a good time when he could pretend employees were contractors, pay his employees 1099, and compete against people paying W2, but the party ended.