Quote:
Originally Posted by Minte
I had lots of equity in my business. Over the last 4 years I have been able to take advantage of various opportunities because I didn't need to go to the bank to finance them. The caveat is we could've done much more than we did as far as investing into the local economy. Because of the looming potential of new and unpredictable expenses the risk of anything longterm was too high.
|
Oh I SOOOOOOOOOOOOO want to dislike you I really do. I have read a ton of your posts and the one thing I know for certain is that you and I are on polar opposites of the political spectrum. The problem I have is that you actually ARE a job creator and ethically I am obligated to respect you for that... not that it matters to anyone other than myself what my opinion is.
Some of the things I would like to see discussed on a national level would be strongly
pro-business and pro-social initiatives. It can be done but it would be hard. I would like to see you and business people like you be rewarded for hiring people in the US, providing medical benefits to your employees, rewarded for expanding your businesses here in the US. Basically anything that will allow you to build your business, export products and hire more Americans I want you rewarded for that. If GE can do things in such a way that they end up paying no taxes then so should your business. On your personal wealth, I have no idea what your tax rate is but if it is 13.8% you should be paying more.
On the flip side I think corporations that create jobs in other countries should be taxed HARD... I'll say it, taxed punitively. I hate NAFTA and WTO and back when I was a democrat I was embarrassed that a democrat President agreed to that crap. I believe that it is a fact that a strong middle class, an educated and healthy populace is great for our national economy and people like you who actually do create jobs should be heralded even if you're political views are twisted.
