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Congrats, U.S. Government: You’re Scaring Web Businesses Into Moving Out of the U.S.

21st February 2012

Mike Masnick sounds the alarm.

The federal government has been paying lip service to the idea that it wants to encourage new businesses and startups in the US. And this is truly important to the economy, as studies have shown that almost all of the net job growth in this country is coming from internet startups. Thankfully some politicians recognize this, but the federal government seems to be going in the other direction. With the JotForm situation unfolding, where the US government shut down an entire website with no notice or explanation, people are beginning to recognize that the US is not safe for internet startups.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 at 05:53 and is filed under Dystopia Watch. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Responses to “Congrats, U.S. Government: You’re Scaring Web Businesses Into Moving Out of the U.S.”

  1. Dennis Nagle Says:
    February 21st, 2012 at 10:37

    So the sherriff cracks down and all the shady operators leave town–this is news?

  2. Tim of Angle Says:
    February 21st, 2012 at 12:28

    The equation of the government with ‘the sheriff’ and people trying to start businesses as ‘shady operators’ sort of puts the whole leftist ‘government=good, business=bad’ outlook in a nutshell. Unfortunately, that’s not news at all.

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