> I hope society figures out how to make startups in general less capital-dependent.
My 2¢: stop forcing companies to provide health insurance.
My 2¢: stop forcing companies to provide health insurance.
A proposal to do exactly that. Critically, it phased out incentives available to corporations that provide employee healthcare in favor of tax deductions for individuals that purchase their own healthcare. During the transition period, employers would subsidize private plans purchased by their employees.
Another thought is throughput. If welfare wasn't so closely tied to employment, working relationships could then be more ephemeral until one found a best fit. This may also look like more cautious hiring, which directly leads to missed opportunities for all parties.
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Capital buys employees, but it also buys time. For every extra dollar an employee costs the amount of time it takes to make the decision to hire that employee also increases. An efficient job market would compensate based on contribution, which is a lot more possible if a significant amount wasn't mandated to be spent, and then guilted into continue spending because, you know, you don't want to take away someone's welfare.