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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (288005)	5/14/2006 4:32:03 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571512

It's Bushie big business that's killing small business. Every time a huge Walmart type concert moves into a neighborhood, 5-10 small businesses go under. Bushies encourage bigness and monopolies and only give lip service to small business. Also, Bushies refuse to help small business with health care, and they are intent on crushing the labor unions. Put it all together and you have government for the bigshots by the bigshots. And they are unapologetic about it.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (288005)	5/14/2006 4:34:52 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571512

Bush's "guest worker program" could be slavery or indentured servitude. Bush's pals in Dubai replaced their slavery in 1961 with "guest worker programs". These bring in poor immigrants, truck them to labor camps out in the 110 degree desert where they have no human rights, so little different that concentration camps, then truck them to work every day and back to the camps. It's easy to see how this could be exploiting to make Bush's program no better than confederate slavery. Plus who wins? Only big business. American workers lose. Hispanic voters are going to rebel when they hear what this is really all about. and Bush still hasn't explained what to do with the 11 million already in-country.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (288005)	5/16/2006 8:25:40 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1571512

Ted, Then that business has very weak margins and probably shouldn't continue. Any business that is susceptible to slight fluctuations of any kind is not a strong one. Start-ups and small businesses can't afford any more pressures than they already have from taxes, regulations, and competition. Most businesses don't make a profit during the first 2-5 years. That why VCs set aside X amount of money to cover shortfalls during those first years. You're focusing on the ones that aren't efficient and probably shouldn't be allowed to survive, but there are many other businesses that need to get over the initial barriers to entry, as well as businesses making certain transitions that have to survive lean periods. That's right.......but new businesses don't pay many taxes either.....esp. if they are mom and pop in the first couple of years.