A small company can already hire talent, it just means they have to pay market rates for that degree of (somewhat nebulously defined) talent, or providing benef

A small company can already hire talent, it just means they have to pay market rates for that degree of (somewhat nebulously defined) talent, or providing benefits, lifestyle, etc that nets the same total to the person you're hiring. What you're actually saying is "this mass firing will lower everyone's income", which, TBF is the actual goal of the exercise.