The theme of the first day of the Republican National Convention was "We Built It," a rallying-cry from entrepreneurs who insisted that they didn't need government to start their businesses. This week, we can expect the Democratic response to highlight the ways Obama's administration has empowered job creators.
But what would an entrepreneur-first platform, stripped of party politics, really look like? Last week, I asked readers for answers. From hundreds of comments on the original article and notes on Hacker News, here are 19 comments that paint a big picture, even if some of the smartest comments disagree with each other: First, we need the economy to come back. Second, we need tax reform that both simplifies and refocuses on helping small companies rather than established corporations. Third, there was broad support for a universal health care option -- or at the very least, a move away from employer-sponsored insurance subsidies, which put large and start-up companies on unequal footing. Finally, readers pointed to an array of regulatory, paperwork, and patent rules that needed tinkering.
To read the original article: What a Non-Partisan Plan for U.S. Entrepeneurship Would Look Like - Derek Thompson - The Atlantic
