Comments on: “One effect of all this regulation is to essentially increase the minimum viable size of any business” https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/12/one-effect-of-all-this-regulation-is-to-essentially-increase-the-minimum-viable-size-of-any-business/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:44:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: VMS https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/12/one-effect-of-all-this-regulation-is-to-essentially-increase-the-minimum-viable-size-of-any-business/comment-page-1/#comment-330469 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:44:20 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=56536#comment-330469 In the case of Obamacare, it has reduced the size of businesses in some instances.

I know of a company that had 54 employees, which was promptly reduced to under 50 so that they would not be forced to provide mandatory health care.

]]> By: Alan K. Henderson https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/12/one-effect-of-all-this-regulation-is-to-essentially-increase-the-minimum-viable-size-of-any-business/comment-page-1/#comment-330460 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 07:22:08 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=56536#comment-330460 I’m reminded of the Bernie Sanders types who campaign for reducing the size of banks (through ATT-style divestiture?) but support regulations such as Frank-Dodd whose costs incentivize bank mergers, as these costs serve as a regressive “tax” on smaller banks.

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