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What a strange article. Clearly he's writing from the perspective of "small technology firms", so why extrapolate his perception of how regulation affects his
by liber8 14y ago
What a strange article. Clearly he's writing from the perspective of "small technology firms", so why extrapolate his perception of how regulation affects his industry with all industries?
Please, Matt, speak to someone trying to run a business in the "more conventional trades" and see how government regulations hurt them.
That is if you can find any such small businesses in the areas that federal government regulation have killed off. Just take banks for example: in the last 4 years, the federal government has basically made it impossible for any bank with less than $100,000,000 in deposits to exist. New regulations essentially require 40+ hours per week to keep up with the "minor nuisance paperwork." That's simply not doable if you're a small bank, which is why you're seeing all of them gobbled up or closing down.
Obviously, this has dramatic affects on the ancillary small businesses that made their living serving those small banks.
Just because the harm isn't visible to you doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
- shk88 14y agoYou just discredited his opinion by stating that his perspective isn't an accurate depiction of regulatory issues for small businesses. Then you went and made your argument siting regulatory problems for small banks. You discount an argument as anecdotal and not applicable and then support your argument with another anecdote.
- liber8 14y agoIf you claim X =/= 1,2,3,4, or 5 and I show that X can equal 3, I have discredited your claim.
- bicknergseng 14y agoIn math. Writing public policy to address anecdotal or individual cases is an awful way of writing public policy.
- shk88 14y agoThank you.
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- liber8 14y agoSorry fellas, but I honestly don't follow your logic here. 1. OP says government regulation does not harm small business. Full stop. Blanket statement. 2. I point out that very recently enacted legislation has, in fact, killed off nearly every small business in an industry. 3. Are you arguing that the OP's point is still valid? Or that banking is some strange exception to the general rule? I genuinely don't understand the point you're trying to make. (Note I will agree with you that writing laws to fit every possible exception is not possible or advisable. Is that your only qualm with my point?)