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An employee makes a profit off of every worker
So what?
If you don't want people making money from the labor you sell then work for yourself and keep all the profit
The problem with that answer is that the regulatory burden of starting and running a business presents an artificial barrier to entry that makes it much harder than it should be for poor people to work for themselves. THAT's where "soft slavery" comes into play. We have an entire body of law designed to drive the poor into "employment" and keep them there. That's why we have employer-provided health care, for example.
There isn't too much regulatory burden besides getting a federal and state tax id number and possibly a sales tax certificate and Voila you are a sole proprietor
Depends on the business. Often some kind of license or permit is involved, expensive insurance is usually required, and if you intend to hire anyone to help you, you have to deal with the overhead of labor law (minimum wage, for example) and payroll taxes.
Workman's comp for a sole proprietor and maybe liability but none of it is particularly prohibitive.
And you don't have to hire anyone
Whatever. I agree with your overall point. I'm just noting that it's harder than it needs to be for poor people to do as you're suggesting - and it's the regulatory state promoted by liberals that gets in the way. The very rules that they pass in the name of helping the poor work to keep them "in their place".