While I would agree that people should be able to start businesses easily and entry level jobs should be available, they aren’t. Entry level jobs no longer exist; they’re hiring college grads for work at mickey d’s. And as an accountant you would know better than anyone the challenges that a small biz faces.
We are where we are and it is what it is. To paraphrase a military saying, you fight with the army you have, not the one you wish you had. The reality is that the only job or business a lot of under 30’s may have are ones that don’t officially exist.
Slightly OT, but I think this is what seals the deal for so-called immigration reform. Of course the left wing of our national uniparty wants it to increase their voter base, and of course the right wing of the uniparty wants it as a supply of cheap labor. But what doesn’t get discussed much is the shadow economy aspect. What we have is a subculture of people, at least 10 million strong, who are not only surviving but thriving on the margins. Immigration reform is in that sense not about being humane, it’s about fighting the shadow economy.
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