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In reply to the discussion: There is not a single business owner in this country who got where they are 100% on their own [View all]Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)63. The largest and second largest (HSA may have become #2) sources of corporate welfare. n/t
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There is not a single business owner in this country who got where they are 100% on their own [View all]
Hugabear
Jul 2012
OP
I give them this article . . . and all I get are brush-offs and goalpost movement.
HughBeaumont
Jul 2012
#3
So this hypothetical house - you would have built it all on your own, with no outside help at all?
Hugabear
Jul 2012
#9
You built that house with help from the American community in so many ways...think about it...
uponit7771
Jul 2012
#22
Disparage hard work????? Who's even remotely close to such a line other than Reich Wingers??
patrice
Jul 2012
#31
I agree. I think the big thing here is the baseline. What is "all by myself"...
hughee99
Jul 2012
#83
Only a small fraction of government spending goes to things that help business
FarCenter
Jul 2012
#18
With state and local government, by any metric, most government activity is not useful to business
FarCenter
Jul 2012
#24
you say police,fire protection, roads, sewers, military, people getting their checks not useful...
CreekDog
Jul 2012
#27
You probably responded on a computer with at least some components made in China
FarCenter
Jul 2012
#37
So you've given up on your argument that government doesn't do anything useful for business?
CreekDog
Jul 2012
#38
who has made the argument that gov't must do everything it currently does for business to prosper?
CreekDog
Jul 2012
#41
Please tell me what fraction of government expenditures have gone to such useful endeavors?
FarCenter
Jul 2012
#43
The largest and second largest (HSA may have become #2) sources of corporate welfare. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#63
This whole issue is about a substantial as a smoke ring on a breezy day.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#26
I ran across an FB group today who is saying that -AND- TTE, PO says they did nothing.
patrice
Jul 2012
#29
Demand Side Economics is actually the OPPOSITE of saying the business owner's work means nothing.
patrice
Jul 2012
#34
I'd like to see how businesses would do if we totally dismantled the government
steve2470
Jul 2012
#49
Because police can't be everywhere, there are more private guards than police officers.
FarCenter
Jul 2012
#50
A successful business cannot exist without enough paying customers to make a profit. eom
Frustratedlady
Jul 2012
#76