I say the more people employing themselves (+1 or 2 others, perhaps contracting out further work, as well) the better, as we'll then be less dependent on multin

I say the more people employing themselves (+1 or 2 others, perhaps contracting out further work, as well) the better, as we'll then be less dependent on multinational corporations for domestic hiring. We already see what's going on in Japan with Zombie corporations and and the salaryman culture sapping their entrepreneurial spirit. The more dispersed our workforce is amongst small shops, the better we can weather future economic downturns at least on a psychological level. It'll also go a long way toward Small Business having a much larger say in governance, perhaps even culminating in a Singapore- or Taiwan-style healthcare system with compulsory coverage but price controls and subsidies at the gov't level. It would remove one huge con of owning a small business, anyway.