Sure, compliance is in reference to the myriad of new regulations over the last 30 years that make it much harder for companies to do business.  The litigious nature of todays business climate allow radical environmental groups, with no standing, to sue companies over failure to produce proper paperwork.   This  not only involves environmental compliance, but safety, HR, wage and hour, and many other forms of federal, state, and local regulations that do not produce value for consumers or producers.

"Takers" is in reference to those that do not produce any value for society, but rather take from those that do produce value in order to sustain themselves.