> Are you trying to say that I'm implying government mandates of paying employees unfairly discriminates against companies that are mandated to pay employees?

> Are you trying to say that I'm implying government mandates of paying employees unfairly discriminates against companies that are mandated to pay employees? Nope. This is clearer if you consider another government mandate which also has entrepreneurs running scared: minimum wage. Is the government discriminating against companies which cannot pay minimum wage to its employees? Or are companies that choose to do business in a jurisdiction where a minimum wage is written into law simply failures?