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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 08:28 PM Original message |
private enterprise is great because my business sinks or swims on its own, without government help! |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. You are so right about this. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. You are likely to not "succeed" in business |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Are you serious? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 12:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. You are shitting me right? I could give you two very concrete examples |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yes exceptions to the rule |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Not exceptions to the rule, after all |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. "Every time we have new technologies we have people make it in higher percentages as well" |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
79. With a small blip for the original GI bill |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #79 |
115. I would say not since Reagnomics!! |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #79 |
116. friggin socialist GI bill |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
99. There are blips historically where it IS HIGHER |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #99 |
106. Yes, but we live now |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #106 |
122. And you think history is static and stuck in the moment? Oh wait you did |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. No, I think we live now. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. Those who forget history are condemened to repeat it |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. uh, bill gates started out at age 19 with FIVE MILLION DOLLARS from his father |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
105. and his mother was on the board of ibm-his first major client. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #13 |
60. You gave two examples. Out of how many? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #60 |
100. Ok I will give you MY FATHER |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
93. Your worldview does not constitute a rule |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. What the fuck is that suppossed to mean? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #95 |
108. I think it's obvious what it means. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #108 |
109. It isn't that it is impossible. It is incredibly unlikely |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. If by "succeed," you mean become a billionaire, you are probably |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
50. Amen, about the billionaire thing. Check my sig. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #50 |
91. Sorry, got it. It is just that husband and I started with two thousand |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
72. The OP implied far more than comfortable middle class life |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #72 |
104. I was not responding to the OP, rather a comment made. nt |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
118. Do you consider yourself to be "unlucky" in life? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #118 |
127. No. Im very lucky |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wingnuts are pro-big business, not pro-free markets |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
56. Yes, but they SAY they are for free-markets |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. kick. nt |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. KICK AND FUCKING RECOMMENDED!!!! n/t |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. Then what for . . . |
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lifesbeautifulmagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. and the public schools that |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. and consumer product safety laws that let my customers buy with confidence |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
68. I'm not at all sure that's a good example, judging from recent graduates I've interviewed |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
111. +1 |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
12. spoken like a poster that never actually started a business... |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 02:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Well, as someone who is interested in setting up her own business someday |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. no, please attempt to do so. then you will learn first hand how what the op states will "help" you. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
114. I was hoping for something concrete, honestly |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #15 |
87. You should be able to do that without risking your house.. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. what in the OP is wrong? (nt) |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. the funniest would be this gem... |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:06 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. the op is far from clueless |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. no. clueless is most kind and appropriate... |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Is that how you feel about employees? They just "show up (or not) and take"? |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. call me when you start your own business. i'm all ears... |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #23 |
84. Plenty of business owners despise their employees |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:39 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. nice, call me clueless and then dismiss any possible counter argument |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. sorry. i've never known a business owner that thanks the government more than their own initiative.. |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I think you should start a business in that paradise known as Somalia!!! |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:33 AM Response to Reply #29 |
53. exactly! the small business owner is so focused on what they need to do |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. heh. you two are so funny. like these things don't happen here? dream on, buddies... |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #54 |
62. dude, i'm not a literal extremist, so don't twist my posts that way. |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
85. The poster never said or implied that any business owner |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. What business do you run? Did you start it up? |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Well, he has employees but they just take and take and take. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. put your paper hat on child and report to work. if you even have a job... |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:16 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. . |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:17 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. heh. like you... |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:00 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. a software development company. i did start it with several employees. successful for a few years... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:05 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. awww, I feel so bad for you |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:06 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. i wish my happiness on you as well, my friend... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. yeah, you're not bitter or anything |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:18 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. nope. i know what government does for me... |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:43 AM Response to Reply #31 |
55. I see now. You blame your failed business model on the government. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. i guess its too much to expect you to understand big words like "h1-b"... |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:05 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Damm Gubbamint. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. exactly. so just put on your paper hat and carry on... |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:23 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. My business is on-going and making money. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. sure you are. really. i believe you. i do. honestly i do... |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:49 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. "anyone who disagrees with me is a LIAR!" |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #64 |
69. liar? where the fuck did that come from? project much? buddy? |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. where the fuck did that come from? YOUR POSTS. read them again. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #71 |
76. dude. chill. i expressed an opinion. so did you. i was nothing but nice. believe me... don't... |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. finally you post something i can agree with |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #77 |
81. see? we are more friends than not... |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. ha ha, jumping each other's shit is what democrats excel at! |
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1955doubledie (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #83 |
98. Are you SURE you're dealing with a Democrat? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. If that was supposed to be an insult of some kind, please try harder. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. you "know a guy". good for you. it must give you encouragement, to know he made it... |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #67 |
80. Yes, thank you, I am. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #80 |
82. well, bless me too. i'll say it if you can't... |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #80 |
97. I agree...this poster is a habitual contrarian |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:01 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. employees "show up and take." they contribute nothing, in other words. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:04 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. keep posting to du during your working hours, friend. way to prove my point... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:05 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. oh, you know what hours I work? (nt) |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. no. i know you couldn't possibly hold a job. but that's cool... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:10 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. no, I don't "hold a job," and my business has not yet failed, unlike your own |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:15 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. heh. you have a business... yeah sure. sure you do... |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #45 |
74. Interesting debate technique. "I don't agree with you, so you must be lying" |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:09 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. what was that point? that employees are worthless? |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:14 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. nope. my point is that the success of a business is not a result of government... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:25 AM Response to Reply #44 |
51. gee, 1st you presume to know my working hrs, then what I will "never know" |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:32 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. not at all. i pray every day for a rise in the minimum wage. for you, my friend. for you... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
101. Get over yourself. |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
119. Are you capable of doing all of those things AND making a lot of money? |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #119 |
126. there are several ways to shift money from your business to personal use |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
94. spoken like a failed businessperson. but that's cool. |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
103. Spoken like the kind of person who picks "1" as their user name. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
113. Actually there's not a thing in the OP that was incorrect. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
16. Don't forget small business loans |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
42. And the free resources from the SBDC |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
110. Not to hit and run, but I am going to |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
27. Nice post |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
49. The Myth of the "Entirely Self-Made Millionaire". |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #49 |
66. that's a nice piece, especially from forbes. makes my point much better than i did. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #66 |
75. A contributor to Common Dreams wrote this about the Forbes 400. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #75 |
89. thanks for the clarification. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
70. kick and rec'ed (nt) |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
73. I was just thinking about this last night. Right on! |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
78. Wow -- a keeper! Well done, unblock...Kicked high and recommended emphatically. n/t |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
86. the same goes for 'free-market' loving contractors as well |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
88. Except for Employer side tax, overhead cost, your time |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #88 |
92. no one said it was EASY. i just said it wasn't done without help. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. Cool, we agree. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #96 |
102. in fact i recall a story a few years back about billions of dollars exxonmobil was getting |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
90. Isn't it sad that wingers don't realize this? |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #90 |
107. The wingers with the money realize it and they milk it for all it's worth. |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
112. and the US Postal Service and the Fire Department and banking laws and currency |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
117. Don't forget about SS and Medicare allowing some cover |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
120. What a bunch of garbage |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #120 |
123. i'm not sure what period of history you're referring to |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
121. Otherwise, Somalia would be the libertarian "promised land" |
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