my BIL ran his own import business for fasteners, same line of work at
Spivitz . was a one man operation in the states, but had 5-10 people in china operating his exporting. when Obama pushed through his Obama care, my BIL was screwed because BCBS dropped him, and he had to get a different plan that ended up costing his twice as much. then he was hit with a ton of additional taxes for importing that almost killed him. he ended up selling his company to a larger company, with a sales manager contract for x years, with the clause, if they termed him during that, he was still paid the full contract.
well, 3 years into the contract, they termed him, paid him out, then paid him additional to not compete.
that let him retire early in his 50's