[lutorm]

I think this is a one-sided argument: So you want to make money and make the lives of your customers better, and to do that you feel free take advantage of the functions of society around you but feel no need to contribute to the running of those functions....

If government really is a net detriment to your business, why don't you move to a place that has no functioning government (like Somalia) and see how good it is to run a business there.

[fnid2]

The opposite of the U.S. is not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about a society that rewards creativity, pragmatism, and the entrepreneurial spirit by making it as easy as possible to run a business.

Laws like this do the opposite. They add resistance to independence. There will be people who say, "All this paperwork is a nightmare. It's easier to keep my day job." And they'll make more money in the short term, so this law is counter productive in a capitalist economy.

If capitalism is what made America great, then laws like this are making America not great. The politicians are making lives more difficult for everyone else and that means the business people who make this country great, or have for quite some time, will simply leave.

In a world of free trade, we -- individuals -- are free to do business anywhere. I can easily go to Canada and that's what will start happening if America continues to display this kind of arrogance within the leadership.

[koanarc]

"We ... are free to do business anywhere"

Well, for now. If there are people who use the economy as a basis to keep immigrants from flooding in, just imagine the reaction if citizens start flooding out.