My missed opportunity to take a huge equity stake in Facebook for $20,000 aside, what you're referring to is the quality of deal flow of an existing investment firm. There is no shortage of investors already actively involved in funding startups who wish they could have invested in a particular company.
That's not what we're talking about though. Your prior comment suggested that the lifting of the ban on general solicitation will make it easier for small businesses that cannot realistically raise capital today to do so.
There's a huge difference between a startup that is already working the angel and VC networks and a group of guys who want to buy a bar as a hobby and, perhaps not surprisingly, have no contacts eager to pony up even $50,000 so that the founders can keep most of their money in investments that are producing better returns than the bar would.
In other words, you're confirming one of my original observations: a lot of folks seem to believe that general solicitation will enable startups and small businesses that are less-than-compelling investments to raise money from stupid rich people.
Although I wouldn't be surprised if somebody somewhere has a list of accredited investors over the age of 80 who are likely to have Alzheimer's, that is not going to happen in significantly larger numbers as a result of this change.