The Economist magazine published an article a little while ago, and it was basically talking about the barriers to job creation and economic development. The number one barrier was not taxation, and it was not regulation. It was bureaucracy and red tape. I think most business owners would agree with that. It's an issue of spending way too much time dealing with issues the government believes are important, but doesn't make your business any better in terms of reducing your costs or increasing your revenues. It's distracting you, and it's taking you away from that.
The simple message would be that the process needs to be simplified, and the process needs to be streamlined. I think the departments need to understand that every time they ask for something, they are creating a burden, which again takes away from running the business and doing what's necessary to make it successful. Yes, we have to do some of that, but there needs to be a balance. I think most business owners would say it's too far over toward one side of the spectrum.
If you're a big company and you have lots of money and you have a whole department to do whatever paperwork is required, that's fine, but if you're a plumber with four employees, or a carpenter, or a small manufacturer, it's a big burden.