That is interesting. If I had my way each engineering-level employee would be the ongoing key to about $1M/year of income. So regardless of any tax incentives

That is interesting. If I had my way each engineering-level employee would be the ongoing key to about $1M/year of income. So regardless of any tax incentives, if I lost 100 top producers I fail to break even because there is no upside to paying the tax compared to paying employees. Unless of course the executives are not very good at making money from employees having mad technical skills, compared to how easy it is for gov't money to roll in.