tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post1691677333064954133..comments2023-03-30T03:50:08.703-07:00Comments on Fredd: Why Obama's American economy is stagnantFreddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-59965274311186198862016-05-17T03:39:17.824-07:002016-05-17T03:39:17.824-07:00Brighid: government jobs are terribly run. I ofte...Brighid: government jobs are terribly run. I often wonder how these government workers can sleep at night, particularly working at the Veterans Administration facilities. Those guys and gals are simply monsters. <br /><br />My time spent in the army showed me how people treated other people's money, especially when it comes to money spent by the government. People just assume there's plenty more where that came from, and continue to waste it like there's no tomorrow.Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-86337705961642815832016-05-16T14:52:13.070-07:002016-05-16T14:52:13.070-07:00I worked for myself, but never hired additional he...<br />I worked for myself, but never hired additional help for the very reasons you stated.<br />I also worked in a gov job that drove me crazy with the vendors raping the system. When I called them on it, they always said, "it's not your money why do you care?" <br />and<br /> my boss saying "we are mandated to take the bid of the minority business" even if the only thing they do is install toilets that flush up, on the roof.Brighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11299215170393879517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-88516888873906678912016-05-14T08:12:26.378-07:002016-05-14T08:12:26.378-07:00LL: I'm confident that you get it. Anyone who...LL: I'm confident that you get it. Anyone who has been self employed gets it. And I am flabbergasted, or in terms LSP can grasp, gobsmacked, when I hear of a business owner who votes for Democrats, who want to increase the role of government in private enterprise. I truly am. <br /><br />Like Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. These guys have whole divisions of their company staffed with battaliions of lawyers devoted to legal and tax concerns, and have budgets annually that cover millions of dollars in employee lawsuits, EEOC complaints, and the general hassle that employees cost a company in general that are fueled by federal government butting into the employer-employee relationship.Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-85856167651196193722016-05-14T08:04:22.069-07:002016-05-14T08:04:22.069-07:00Ed: that's ridiculous, and it's NOT the la...Ed: that's ridiculous, and it's NOT the law. When you file your taxes with the IRS, you claim your revenues, you claim your costs, and assuming your revenues are greater than your costs, then THAT is your profit. How many hours it took you to earn that profit, divide the numbers and there you go: your hourly wage. It's NOT the law that this number be at least $15/hour. Maybe in communist countries, sure. Why not.<br /><br />There's no guarantee or law as a sole proprietor DBA tax payer that you make a dang dime, Ed. Ed, you must have a government job. Get a clue, man.Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-47959004191026708482016-05-14T06:08:40.338-07:002016-05-14T06:08:40.338-07:00I've hired my kids under the table to do some ...I've hired my kids under the table to do some tasks for me. That still works, but I feel your pain. the overhead and trouble involved with even a minimum wage employee is considerable. The profit margin has to be high enough to justify the trouble. <br /><br />I'm a sole proprietor and do pick up work here and there. I just relocated a woman whose husband wanted her dead, changed her identity, etc. on behalf of a large East Coast firm. I work for a university in TX as a contractor, and I do other contract work that pops up here and there. I've had people who want to attach themselves to me but it just doesn't work for me, and 99% of the trouble is the Federal Government. It's not about the money, it's about the government driving me mad and the standard problems that come from managing employees.<br /><br />So, I feel you.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-81381129099356196662016-05-14T03:56:05.949-07:002016-05-14T03:56:05.949-07:00Kid: yes, I operate much like a sole proprietor do...Kid: yes, I operate much like a sole proprietor doctor, and you really have to watch out who you do business with, each one of them a land mine who could destroy you.Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-46889025268285026312016-05-14T03:54:10.842-07:002016-05-14T03:54:10.842-07:00Gorges: unless they have walked a mile in my shoes...Gorges: unless they have walked a mile in my shoes, most folks will never understand why we don't just hire a staff of a hundred, us small business owners are just greedy, you see.Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-75607636742079605422016-05-14T03:52:40.710-07:002016-05-14T03:52:40.710-07:00Ed: not sure how you figure that.Ed: not sure how you figure that.Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-20342198570452386412016-05-14T03:51:51.413-07:002016-05-14T03:51:51.413-07:00Pastor: with 'friends' like the government...Pastor: with 'friends' like the government, my enemies would be complete and total ogres. Every time I have to deal with the feds, such as during tax season, I get the heebie jeebies.Freddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778430453468720627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-84166284138860810272016-05-13T17:13:25.568-07:002016-05-13T17:13:25.568-07:00I was self-employed most of my life, and I couldn&...I was self-employed most of my life, and I couldn't agree more.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-51515501517113808692016-05-13T17:00:42.394-07:002016-05-13T17:00:42.394-07:00Fredd, I've talked with Many small business ow...Fredd, I've talked with Many small business owners who have told me they would NEVER try starting another business in this so overly regulated environment. Even in the same genre. For anyone who understands what effect the federal jack boot on their neck is this is easy to see.<br /><br />The only still successful small businesses out there have been there a good while and have evolved and educated themselves to insulate themselves from the toxic environment that would otherwise kill them. Doctors too. How much longer can they hang on. Plenty of articles in the news also predicting the very quick destruction of the middle class. Yep.<br /><br />It's going down fast. Imagine the last 20 minutes of the titanic movie.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4302795000497411021.post-20805659010441011042016-05-13T15:39:22.204-07:002016-05-13T15:39:22.204-07:00But Fredd, you've forgotten that "the gov...But Fredd, you've forgotten that "the government is your friend!" Some people seem to believe that but then again, the turkeys have a habit of voting for Christmas.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.com