I'm not going near whether this development is good, bad, or indifferent. But there's word that the American Small Business League has endorsed Barack Obama for President.
Lloyd Chapman, president of the ASBL, said in a statement, "In my life, I have never been more excited about any politician than I am about Barack Obama. I believe that he holds the key to a new future for all Americans. I believe that with Sen. Obama in the White House, Americans are going to be more proud of this country than they have ever been in their lives."
Now, to perhaps head from the news into a discussion, let's admit that the details of people's lives are bound to affect their politics. Suppose, for example, I disagreed with some local chump on almost every issue, but he pledged to keep a cell phone tower out of my backyard. Since the guy wouldn't have any real power concerning things like the war in Iraq, immigration, and abortion, he'd likely get my vote.
Have your small business affiliations influenced your vote? If you're comfortable discussing it, who's your favorite candidate for small business reasons? We trust you guys to keep things civil, and other readers might want to hear your thoughts.
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Please, please, please show
Please, please, please show me how how either or any liberal or left leaning politician would be good for America, let alone small business! Between raising taxes (over the past several years it seems as though most of us small businee owners are working to pay taxes & insurance) & more government mandates, there will be a massive shift to redistribute more of our hard earned wealth, whether through direct taxation or some form of "greening" or other such nonsense.
Anyone complaining about manufacturing jobs going over seas (because the labor costs are much less - or you could bring up the illegal alien bit if you like; you pick) or the increased use of robotics had better closely examine their own buying habits & consumer demands. Here's the illustration I like to use:
I pull out my trusty cheap $0.39 ball point pen & ask how much they would be willing to pay for it. Usually I get a response of somewhere between 0.25 - 0.69 cents. According to a close friend who is a Director of marketing for one of the worlds largest ball point pen manufacturers, the cost to manufacturer (not including distribution costs) that pen here in the northeastern part of the US is about 0.20 cents per pen. By moving the jobs to the Southern part of the US, helps to net an additional 0.02 - 0.03 per pen. Moving the manufacturing to the far east or to Mexico brings it down even farther, including shipping, taxes, etc. They can make a profit.
Why would anybody, really, be in business to break-even or loose money? It doesn't make sense.
Are things tough in this country right now? Yes. Does government interference help or hinder the American dream or entreprenuership? Usually hinders. We do we want to give more power & authority to our federal government? The powers that be haven't earned it. Not from either side of the aisle. The only way that the Federal Budget has been balanced over the years has been by taking money from the Social Sec fund.
Now the greedy, #@**?!!s are in the process of figuring out how to tax web sales. It will eventually happen.
I don't know about you all, but I want as little of Uncle Sam, or any other local, state or federal relative in my life or especially in my pockets.
Who do I like? I'll be holding my nose when I walk in to cast my vote.
small business
I have a small business, and obama thinks taxing me futher will help?...then he's and idiot...and also taxing the oil companies and the rich is also a bad idea...what does he think the oil companies will do if they are taxed...they'll just add that to the cost of oil, and futher raise the cost of gas!!! and he must be completely out of touch with business.....this is how is works.. when the rich are making money, small business is making money off of the rich...then we, the small business owners can hire more employs.and build companies ..thus creating jobs! for the poor...if he wants to rob the rich and just give to the poor... then he's dumber than i thought...the poor do not create jobs...they just blow it and remain poor!....remember most poor people are uneducated...thats not exactly the best path for our country!!
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