Angry Dragon
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Thu Jul-28-11 02:03 PM
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Need help with definitions |
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Politicians use the words 'small business' and 'middle-class' all the time. Any politician that I have called has no definitions. How are the American people suppose to know what they are talking about if they can not define them??
Anyone care to take a stab??
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Uben
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Thu Jul-28-11 02:09 PM
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small business=any business the republicans think fit
middle-class=poor people with a job
poor=the rest of us
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Angry Dragon
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Thu Jul-28-11 02:17 PM
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3. All I get from the politicians is that everyone has a different answer |
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and then when I ask for their definition they do not have one.......
Your's fit but I was hoping for something a little more concrete
The best I got was from Reid's office. The top of middle-class was $250,000
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Thu Jul-28-11 02:15 PM
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2. Small business in the USA = fewer than 500 employees. |
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Edited on Thu Jul-28-11 02:16 PM by Lasher
But they can also be classified according to other methods such as sales, assets, or net profits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_business
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Thu Jul-28-11 02:20 PM
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I recall that there was a big deal made awhile back about the fact that the Republicans were caught defining "small business" as any S-corporation, meaning any company which was owned directly by one or more people rather than having public stock.
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Thu Jul-28-11 02:23 PM
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5. I believe you are correct |
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I heard that the kocks were a small business ......... I could be mistaken
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Thu Jul-28-11 02:38 PM
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6. One definition of "small business" I use is: Doesn't pay federal income taxes. |
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If you have money left over to be taxed, you're probably not a small business.
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Thu Jul-28-11 03:08 PM
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7. So General Electric is a small business? |
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Thu Jul-28-11 03:27 PM
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9. No, I said "one" definition I use. It doesn't apply universally, but it's a good rule of thumb. nt. |
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Thu Jul-28-11 05:01 PM
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10. A small business is not taxed |
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All the money passes through to the owner and taxed at the individual ratee Subject to all expenses and tax deductions afforded all individual tax payers
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Thu Jul-28-11 03:11 PM
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8. We can define our terms all we want, but |
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that's not going to stop people from slinging them around like hula hoops at a beach party.
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