Re:Technology Change Not the Culprit in Wages Falling Behind...
by dragonwriter on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @07:25PM
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> Why should the government take the ideological view of favoring one type of company over another?
Because it does that inherently when it decides what form of business organization to allow in the first place. Corporations are creatures of government, not nature, by creating them and setting standards for what the rules are for governing them it is favoring a particular type of company. But taxing them and then creating a variety of more-or-less tax exempt categories with different behavioral restrictions it is favoring one type of company over others.
Even if it chose not to charter corporations (or similar, newer types like LLCs) and only to allow sole proprietorships and partnerships, that would be favoring one type of company over others.
The question is not whether the government should favor certain forms of business organizations -- there is no way that it can avoid that. The question is what forms it should favor and how.
Because it does that inherently when it decides what form of business organization to allow in the first place. Corporations are creatures of government, not nature, by creating them and setting standards for what the rules are for governing them it is favoring a particular type of company. But taxing them and then creating a variety of more-or-less tax exempt categories with different behavioral restrictions it is favoring one type of company over others.
Even if it chose not to charter corporations (or similar, newer types like LLCs) and only to allow sole proprietorships and partnerships, that would be favoring one type of company over others.
The question is not whether the government should favor certain forms of business organizations -- there is no way that it can avoid that. The question is what forms it should favor and how.