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In reply to the discussion: How the small business I worked for relied on public investments. [View all]zzaapp
(531 posts)65. We can agree then, that business
would be very tough without roads...but the essential means to being a successful business person are. Getting up every morning and going to work, spending your money wisely within your business, cutting corners and scrimping in your personal
life if you have to, running an honest and fair company, taking financial risks to build something lasting, having the courage to strike out on your own, etc. To me, these are the values that
determine success to a great degree, and I think that sometimes people forget that.
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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