Depends on the proportion of employees work for the robber barons as opposed to the small businesses - i.e. 100% of the employers make up only, say, 10% of the population - 7% of the population is small businesses can only employ say, 30% of employees due to size, that leaves 3% of the employers employing 70% of employees.
Proportion of employees employed matters in this sense, more so, I think, than proportion of the size of employers…there are two sides to every transaction.
Regulations are only effective as they are thoroughly enforced. Having laws or regulations on the books means nothing if they are not enforced properly and with vigor. And if a corporation is dumping bilge into a river which is saving them 1 million dollars and the fine is 50k, then the corporation will break the law or regulation all day because the fine is not an effective deterrent. Even a law against murder, may have a death penalty or a life in prison without the possibility for parole doesn’t mean the law won’t be broken.
If you have POLITICAL connections your chances of being prosecuted are relatively small. If not, then your chances are greater. Think good ole boy Timmy Geithner vs. Leona Hemsley.
Sure, but Zep can’t handle the complicated bits (or any bits) so I wanted to dumb it down.
I don’t think I agree that it matters “more” though. Matters yes. Definitely. But because a large, large portion of our economy stands on small business (small businesses drove the bulk of net new jobs, about 62%, from 1992-2013 according to government stats), regulatory burden is a MAJOR issue for them, and hence for us.
Of course I’m not saying that all regulatory affairs are bad but then that wasn’t Zeps talking point. About 90% of businesses in this country have less than 20 employees. Hardly “Big” Anything.
As usual, you don’t take into account the most basic, fundamental aspects of the issue. And how much is saved by the corporations for breaking a law or regulation?
It isn’t what is paid it is what isn’t by breaking laws and regulations. If a corporation closes down then maybe they had no business being in business. And their model simply doesn’t work. Are you telling me that it is okay for corporations to poison the public so they can make another buck? That seems like something from your ideology.
Ha, ha this is so damn funny. I must be a communist by not wanting corporation to get away with anything they want in order to make more money, ha ha ha!