This isn’t any damned “unintended consequence”.
Big government, whether it be the EU, the US Feds or the U.N. are all ultimately bought and paid for by large corporations. A big part of what they are paying for is the legal harassment of small and start-up businesses.
Amen -
Obamacare rate hikes & fines, raising the minimum wage to $15, ever increasing gov’t debt, taxes and regulation - all of it’s deliberately designed to stifle economic growth, and lower the standard of living.
Democrats create crisis and misery in order to secure their political future.
Simply evil.