Granny
Gold Member
You're making the assumption that the average disgruntled worker can afford the 3 lawyers and 2 accountants that are REQUIRED to start a successful business in most of America due to the success that those who CAN afford lawyers and accountants have had in creating a slanted playing field to protect their own businesses.
Why do all the work it takes to compete when politicians are so cheap these days?
Three lawyers and two accountants? People can form, incorporate, register, and file annual reports with the state, and act as their own general agent. The only thing they might (or might not) need is one accountant.
O.k. Granny, ya got me - I said 3 lawyers and 2 accountants for exaggerated emphasis of a point.
The point being that if you plan on a business, even one as simple as landscaping or janitorial services, to last more than a few years and grow to a point where the owner can stop working 16 hour days, a lawyer and an accountant MUST be placed on some sort of retainer.
Why do we need a business environment that requires hired legal guns for even the simplest of service and retail endeavors if not to limit the competition factor for the corporations?
I can see having an accountant on tap at all times - lawyers, not so much unless you're a large corporation. Damned near everything has become so complicated - patent and intellectual property laws, labor and employment laws - you just about need an attorney who specializes in their particular area of law.