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Originally posted by jyl
It always amazes me how small business owners feel some kinship with big corporations, and sing the "less regulation, less taxes" song that the big corps want you to sing, thus allowing big corps to use small businesses as their "poster children" in lobbying for political changes that are designed to benefit them and not you.
HAL has about as much in common with your business as you do with an ant. They get all the political favors and tax breaks; you get none. Can you hire $500/hour lawyers to devise tax schemes? Can you re-incorporate in tax haven countries? Can you meet with the VP to lobby for favorable govt policy? Of course not.
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It is the layers of regulation that prevent small companies from competing, only the big guys can afford it.
You see it's a matter of philosophy not a game, what is right is right whether it helps me, my competitor or even huge companies with which I have no stake. It's a belief in the capitalist system.
That being said, the more large corporations based here the better as the smaller companies are their feeders, even if unrelated to the end product. Take away the Cow and the calves die.