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43. I do not think I did it all on my own and don't want it to seem as though that is what I mean.

Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #42)

Thu Jul 26, 2012, 04:16 PM

Jul 2012

I also appreciate and agree with most if not all of the sentiments laid out in your post.

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How the small business I worked for relied on public investments. [View all] RBInMaine Jul 2012 OP

I very respectfully disagree. zzaapp Jul 2012 #1

You have not refuted a single thing I've said, nor can you. RBInMaine Jul 2012 #2

Wow....lighten up. zzaapp Jul 2012 #3

You added little to nothing. It was a non-rebuttal rebuttal. My parents are small business owners. RBInMaine Jul 2012 #4

I have to ask a real question... zzaapp Jul 2012 #7

Different people have different styles.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #12

LOLLOLLOLL zzaapp Jul 2012 #14

I bristled at your reply, I'll tell you why riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #44

Hi Rider...thank you for your honest critique. If I may zzaapp Jul 2012 #46

Nobody, not one single person on DU has ever said you must walk in lockstep riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #47

No kidding....I really DO appreciate your opinion. zzaapp Jul 2012 #48

You don't have to be "careful", you just have to know they are controversial riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #49

So if I said,"Ted Nuggent for President" that would be bad? lol zzaapp Jul 2012 #50

"Nobody, not one single person on DU has ever said you must walk in lockstep" guardian Jul 2012 #72

Perhaps it was this? calimary Jul 2012 #51

Rather than going back and forth with rbiinmaine, why not give mysuzuki2 Jul 2012 #55

Hi mysuzuki2 zzaapp Jul 2012 #63

of course they are not gifts from the government. mysuzuki2 Jul 2012 #64

Businesses pay taxes to utilize those services too. riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #66

Rider with all due respect zzaapp Jul 2012 #67

Nobody will bounce you if you have legitimate grievances. riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #69

Yes, some gov regs ARE necessary. zzaapp Jul 2012 #70

Which ones do you find too onerous? I feel comfortable with my tax rate riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #71

I don't feel that way at all zzaapp Jul 2012 #73

We can agree then, that business zzaapp Jul 2012 #65

Actually you did say you disagreed, albeit nicely.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #5

Thank you Fumesucker..... zzaapp Jul 2012 #8

Disagreement frowned upon on DU? Fumesucker Jul 2012 #9

Point well taken.....and I appreciate the help. zzaapp Jul 2012 #10

DU gets a lot of people who sign up purely to troll or deliberately disrupt.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #15

well, hopefully, I'll find those land mines before I get booted. zzaapp Jul 2012 #18

If you start getting posts hidden it's a clue.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #22

will do zzaapp Jul 2012 #25

Why the unusual handle? BanzaiBonnie Jul 2012 #52

zzaapp was my nick name as a child. zzaapp Jul 2012 #68

BTW....I'm thinking of changing my "handle"" to zzaapp Jul 2012 #74

As a small business owner I am also a part of the public. NCTraveler Jul 2012 #6

Well put zzaapp Jul 2012 #11

That was my beef joeglow3 Jul 2012 #13

Exactly !!!!!!! and although I vote for him zzaapp Jul 2012 #16

IMO, the problem is, the President's words are being taken out of context. BanzaiBonnie Jul 2012 #54

I thought that might be the case....but zzaapp Jul 2012 #61

Try having the successful business *without* all those things.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #17

agreed, but that didn't seem to be the "tone" zzaapp Jul 2012 #19

I don't need to try and have a successful business without those things. NCTraveler Jul 2012 #20

So those things just *are*, they fell from the sky fully implemented? Fumesucker Jul 2012 #23

If you would, would you clarify. zzaapp Jul 2012 #26

Post Office and Public Schools for two.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #28

agreed zzaapp Jul 2012 #30

Fume what does N/T mean? zzaapp Jul 2012 #33

No text, it's for dialup folks who don't download the whole thread.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #35

This is where I think your argument goes flat. NCTraveler Jul 2012 #40

Both the Post Office and the Public Schools are under severe attack.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #42

I do not think I did it all on my own and don't want it to seem as though that is what I mean. NCTraveler Jul 2012 #43

So you would call them an entitlement? MattBaggins Jul 2012 #36

Really. Thats where you are going to go. Nice fail. nt NCTraveler Jul 2012 #41

You forgot the #1 thing... court system to enforce contracts taught_me_patience Jul 2012 #21

Speaking of contracts.. zzaapp Jul 2012 #24

Want to know the reason for all that paperwork? laundry_queen Jul 2012 #58

I can see your point zzaapp Jul 2012 #62

And ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #27

Yes but zzaapp Jul 2012 #29

Oh, Yeah! n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #31

1SBM zzaapp Jul 2012 #32

Just a notation ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #34

thanks 1SBM zzaapp Jul 2012 #39

It means there is no text beyond the headline of he post. n/t ronnie624 Jul 2012 #38

And who would insure them without police and firefighters just a phone call away? NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #37

Don't forget public health care (to the extent its available). VA, SCHIP, Medicare, Medicaid riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #45

small businesspeople do rely on government investments in many ways. but in many other ways HiPointDem Jul 2012 #53

Favors for small business owners PETRUS Jul 2012 #56

no, they don't. which is why the percentage of the population who own small businesses has HiPointDem Jul 2012 #57

Sure they do. PETRUS Jul 2012 #59

"Most of the book talks about subsidies and favors to large corporations" HiPointDem Jul 2012 #60