If we define small business as less than 20 employees, we should also expect the government to provide assistance to these businesses that does not consist of tax relief. The vast majority of early stage small businesses (at least the ones that have the chance to grow into larger businesses) do not pay taxes and the tax relief offers them nothing.
Instead of offering unemployment benefit extensions, why doesn’t the government offer to pay the wages of the registered unemployed for six months if they take a position with a small business.
Cuban makes the compelling point that simplifying the business startup process is the most powerful thing US federal and state governments can do right now.
