To: MJ who wrote (222500 ) 10/4/2007 8:04:20 PM From: Neeka Read Replies (1) | Respond to I'd be interested in knowing how many small business's have had to shut down because they can't keep up with all of the taxes and regulations in your area. Not sure who, if anyone, keeps track of that sort of information, but it sure does seem like states and localities haven't taken into account how raising and raising taxes affects small business, or the middle class for that matter. And no one seems to understand that we operate on a very tight budget and only manage to eke out a small............4-5% profit margin in a good year. That, and those tiresome charges leveled our way that we "don't pay our fair share" gets very old when you get up at 4:45 am every day and spend 12 hours working very, very hard.
