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To: Jan W who wrote (315042)	7/16/2009 9:49:46 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793882

I wonder if thats what they mean by Atlas shrugging? I ask not being a Rand person or reader.

To: Jan W who wrote (315042)	7/16/2009 11:50:35 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793882

We have no more thoughts of growth through expansion of employee base. I ran my Garage cabinet company until I sold it with NO employees. All independent contractors. About a 850K a year. I was running on thin ice doing it. Plus, I would have to change cabinet makers about every 18 months for stealing material from me. No matter how I started out, they couldn't resist. I figured out that the time I would have to spend keeping them from stealing was worth more to me than the material they would steal. So, I would make a deal and know I would have to dump them 18 months later.

To: Jan W who wrote (315042)	7/16/2009 12:57:36 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793882

Good for you Jan! Welcome to the club. We too envisioned growth, hiring employees, creating jobs for other like minded small business's which in turn supports families and communities. We are proud people and have always striven to do our best and have always been honest and up front with every single entity we've encountered, from the client, to the shop owner, supplier, sub-contractor (in fact they all want to work for us because we always pay them immediately or very soon after) banker, revenuer.....etc. We too have sacrificed, worked incredibly long hours and paid very close attention to details of what is/was required of us, and all we have gotten from this rotten bunch of crooks is grief. I read what LB said....regardless of receipts and income we've always been on "thin ice." Day by day, week by week, year by year. The more successful we got, the more intrusive the govt became. This last episode of the state awarding a quitter unemployment benefits (and now the 5.4% "surcharge" on earnings) was the last straw. For us, this is not the America our Founding Fathers envisioned.