On 2010-09-30 09:19:12 -0400, D. LaCourse said:

On 2010-09-30 09:15:59 -0400, Jonathan Cook said:

BTW plenty of
small businesses that actually employ people make barely any profit,
so raising their rates doesn't really matter, and many _highly_
profitable "small businesses" are essentially self-employed
consultants in wall street, banking, and other sectors where money
flows freely. They aren't creating any jobs. I say tax 'em! Down with
plutocracy!

Jon.

My oldest daughter and her husband (and now their 2nd son) own/run a
supermarket. They employ about 30 people, mostly part time workers.

Sorry. Hit the send button somehow.....

Anyway, my kids are running the supermarket and they take about a $250k
profit every year. But their taxes are horrible, including
Massachusetts. If they are taxes further, they simply won't spend as
much reinvesting in the store. To think that $250k a year is a lot of
money and those that make it are *millionaires* is false. It takes
money to run a business, any business, and to pay more taxes just is
not right. Sure, go ahead and tax the Soroses, Gates, Kerrys, etc, but
leave the little business man alone.

Congress and this president think that we can spend our way into
prosperity. That is the first time I have ever encountered that
thinking.

BTW, gold is at its highest. When mistrust of government goes down,
gold goes up. Now there is a bill out there that would require
everyone who buys or sells more than $600 of gold to file a form. Why
does the government want to track who own gold?

My grandkids are ****ed at you and me and Fortenberry, et al for the
position we have put them in. They will be paying for this mess for
their entire lives. The times they are a-changing, and the change
ain't good.

Dave