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In reply to the discussion: How the small business I worked for relied on public investments. [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)60. "Most of the book talks about subsidies and favors to large corporations"
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You added little to nothing. It was a non-rebuttal rebuttal. My parents are small business owners.
RBInMaine
Jul 2012
#4
Nobody, not one single person on DU has ever said you must walk in lockstep
riderinthestorm
Jul 2012
#47
You don't have to be "careful", you just have to know they are controversial
riderinthestorm
Jul 2012
#49
Which ones do you find too onerous? I feel comfortable with my tax rate
riderinthestorm
Jul 2012
#71
DU gets a lot of people who sign up purely to troll or deliberately disrupt..
Fumesucker
Jul 2012
#15
IMO, the problem is, the President's words are being taken out of context.
BanzaiBonnie
Jul 2012
#54
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
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
no, they don't. which is why the percentage of the population who own small businesses has
HiPointDem
Jul 2012
#57