Claim: In order to help small businesses thrive, government should play a minimal role in private business matters.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
In the proceeding discussion on the claim that government involvement in private business matters throttles small business growth, I will outline the extent to which I largely disagree with the claim. My rejection of the claim is centered on two key arguments. Firstly, that in order to maintain standards of employee rights now considered axiomatic government involvement is necessary. Secondly, that the nature, not the extent of the role played by the government is key. Lastly, I will juxtapose these arguments with a discussion of government regulation and taxation can indeed by onerous and damaging to small businesses.
Governments ought to play a significant role in private business matters, as much of the hardfought rights and entitlements employees enjoy are the product of political action, as opposed to free market development. The invisible hand of the economy did not instigate viable minimum wage levels-collective action did. Small businesses are just as likely to large, anonymous corporations to mistreat employees, owing to probable lack of a human resources department, ability to operate with opaque hiring practices, and strong financial incentives to circumvent the law, due to their often thin profit margins. Further, on account of their size, small businesses are particularly susceptible to becoming home to a toxic work environment, as ill-intent on the part of just a single managerial figure can spell calamity for staff. The intrusion of government on small business practices has evolved to meet these issues. National revenue services audit business to prevent fraud and evasion, food safety agencies rigourously inspect kitchens, and customer protection bureaus ensure the wider public isn’t defrauded. These are common issues, to which the government plays a significant role in eliminating. These measures are not controversial, they are broadly accepted and widely seen as necessary. Thus, given the susceptibility of small businesses to inappropriate practices, government should play a large role in private business matters.
Follwoing on from this, the nature, not the extent of the role palyed by the government is key. The aforementioned claim presupposes that the involvement of the government in daily affairs and mundane activities is the issue which throttles economic growth. However, this misrepresents the issue. It is the nature of the involvement, not the extent which can hamper small businesses. There are a wide range of examples of this. Consider the following. On the one hand, annual financial records and taxes are filed. These are seen as absolutely average business requirements, the opposition of which only exists in fringe elements. This is deeply intrusive. Every single transaction and purchase is analysed, and malintent is searched for. On the other hand, were the government to limit the colour of clothing to be sold, the food to be made, the drinks to be stocked based on inconsistent criteria this would indeed throttle growth, despite being a far less invasive regulation than filing taxes. The point illustrated here, is that provided that government policies are grounded in genuine issues that pose a danger to the society at large, their intrusion is not only justified, but does not effect growth.
Lastly, it is certainly worth underrstanding that regulation and taxation can be onerous. Small businesses are the backbone of rural and semi-urban communities and can provide a viable antedote to the decay of rural areas. Many are run by individuals, whose family and livelihood are contingent on their easy operation. The greater focus we see on employee rights and employment standards has eclipsed the harmful effect this can have on small business owners. While the idea of a ‘living’ wage is attractive, it is but one such example of how well meaning efforts can damage the economic vitality and viability of small businesses.
In the proceeding discussion the claim that anything but minimal government interference in private business matters will throttle small business growth rejected. The position taken was that governments should play a large role, as political action not free market economics developed key employee rights. Further, it was argued that the nature, not the extent of govenrment interfence was key. Lastly, the discussion was contextualised by understanding that regulation and taxation, as well as certain employee rights measures can be damaging.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 445, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'resources'' or 'resource's'?
Suggestion: resources'; resource's
...yees, owing to probable lack of a human resources department, ability to operate with opa...
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Line 5, column 1196, Rule ID: AFFECT_EFFECT[6]
Message: Did you mean 'affect'?
Suggestion: affect
...ion is not only justified, but does not effect growth. Lastly, it is certainly wort...
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Line 7, column 480, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...mall business owners. While the idea of a 'living' wage is attractive, ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, however, if, lastly, second, secondly, so, thus, well, while, as well as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 38.0 19.5258426966 195% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.4196629213 121% => OK
Conjunction : 21.0 14.8657303371 141% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 33.0505617978 112% => OK
Preposition: 81.0 58.6224719101 138% => OK
Nominalization: 36.0 12.9106741573 279% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3800.0 2235.4752809 170% => OK
No of words: 693.0 442.535393258 157% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.48340548341 5.05705443957 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.13077900149 4.55969084622 113% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.05732404088 2.79657885939 109% => OK
Unique words: 340.0 215.323595506 158% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.49062049062 0.4932671777 99% => OK
syllable_count: 1194.3 704.065955056 170% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 16.0 6.24550561798 256% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 11.0 4.99550561798 220% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 35.0 20.2370786517 173% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 64.3407637315 60.3974514979 107% => OK
Chars per sentence: 108.571428571 118.986275619 91% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.8 23.4991977007 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.2 5.21951772744 61% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 11.0 4.83258426966 228% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.323900304432 0.243740707755 133% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0768457083595 0.0831039109588 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0918006651518 0.0758088955206 121% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.192024275033 0.150359130593 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0928701020348 0.0667264976115 139% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.3 14.1392134831 101% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 48.8420337079 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.5 12.1639044944 119% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.2 8.38706741573 110% => OK
difficult_words: 203.0 100.480337079 202% => Less difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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