MasterYoda900

I don’t see why software should receive special treatment when 99.99% of software engineers/developers are not in any way engaged in what might be considered genuine scientific research and development, which R&D tax advantages should be reserved for.

> Changes to R&D amortization were a rude surprise to them, as they'd never had to amortize software development before, and didn't think of the work they do as R&D.

Precisely. They didn’t think of their work as R&D because it was not R&D. Frankly, they should have seen this coming.

> These are small businesses we're talking about. Almost all of them make under $10M in annual revenue, and the vast majority are under $2M in revenue.

What about the millions of other small businesses that don’t get special tax treatment? Restaurants, bars, plumbing companies, landscaping companies, accounting firms, etc.? Software engineers are not scientists. At the end of the day, a company is supposed to be able to stand on its own two feet, not rely on government handouts. Allowing otherwise unprofitable businesses to stay in business disincentivizes innovation and efficiency, which harms productivity growth and makes us all poorer in the long run.

I don’t understand what you’re saying. What’s wrong with the current interpretation of interstate commerce? What is that interpretation?

Are you arguing for the dismantling of Social Security? Medicare?

Are you arguing for Congress letting go of US territories to become their own sovereign countries? What if they want to remain part of the U.S.?

You sound like you have an axe to grind. Can you cite a past real-world example of what you’re saying?