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by njs12345 5551 days ago
That is true, but one can certainly envisage such measures harming the state in the long run - increased bureaucracy might prevent some companies from starting which would succeed and therefore deprive the state of tax revenue. One Google would cover the costs of a lot of failed startups :)

(Not really an economist either, although I do have a little training in the area..)