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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
No one wants small business to be squeezed out, but that has been an ongoing threat for small business owners in any province, in any city. Small businesses get squeezed out all the time, so their product/service needs to provide something that the big boys can't, whether it be quality, reputation, customer service, etc.
Minimum wage or not, that battle is fought by restaurant owners - nay, retail owners in general - in a capitalist economy.
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Good Lord man. For someone who could spell 'obtuse' I'd at least thought you knew what it meant.
Being in business for yourself is hard. There are countless challenges.
How can we rationally, as a society, say that small businesses are a corner-stone of our economy and then turn right around and screw those very same people over 8 ways from Sunday?
Its not about being a 'Capitalist Society' its actually the exact opposite. The Government sets the rules of the game. The rules seem to be constantly changing and are disturbingly not in favour of small businesses.
Perhaps the Government feels like Small Business owners are too uppity or are succeeding too much despite all evidence to the contrary.
Or maybe they're morons who dont understand the economic concept of a solid tax base as opposed to the strong fiscal policy that is the equivalent of mugging a liquor store.