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kelliekat44

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15. It's all related to job creation by small and medium sized businesses. Many are folding and/or

Reply to Walk away (Reply #11)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 01:44 PM

Dec 2012

can't hire employees because their rental rates are eating up their profits. This happens a lot in strip malls and even in mega malls. Westfiled ownership and management of many malls in many states have increased rents to the point that small operators can't survive.
Vulture Landlords in inner cities make it so that small business can't keep up their properties or can't hire people or can't make enough money to stay in business. This drives out employment opportunities in small communities and inner cities neighborhoods.

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Here is a (my) deal that might allow us all to move forward on the "Fiscal Cliff" issue [View all] kelliekat44 Dec 2012 OP

Why should second or third homes get any deduction? dkf Dec 2012 #1

This is just an idea for moving negotiations forward. You ask a good question that I would hope kelliekat44 Dec 2012 #3

Behind Every Deduction, There Is An Industry and Jobs Yavin4 Dec 2012 #10

So we should help rich people buy 2nd and 3rd homes to help the building industry. Walk away Dec 2012 #12

Geez how many people have 2nd and 3rd homes? dkf Dec 2012 #13

But every little bit will help. Mostly the 1% have mutiple homes. kelliekat44 Dec 2012 #17

The blue collar laborers who build/renovate those homes are not the 1% Yavin4 Dec 2012 #19

Depends on Where You Live Yavin4 Dec 2012 #18

Isn't that a classic trickle down argument? I thought that didn't work? dkf Dec 2012 #23

No. It's Not Classic Trickle Down. Yavin4 Dec 2012 #24

Whose taking them away? I proposed reducing them. nt kelliekat44 Dec 2012 #16

Reductions Will Also Hurt Jobs Yavin4 Dec 2012 #22

One small change. Leave Social Security alone. Period. Cleita Dec 2012 #2

ok, but what about the rest of the proposal? nt kelliekat44 Dec 2012 #5

Wonderful. I agree with all except that one small point. n/t Cleita Dec 2012 #7

Thank you. kelliekat44 Dec 2012 #20

These payroll tax holidays are beginning to add up. dkf Dec 2012 #14

There is no fiscal cliff. It's made up leftstreet Dec 2012 #4

ok, but what is your proposal to avoid the S in the fan? nt kelliekat44 Dec 2012 #6

What 'S in the fan?' leftstreet Dec 2012 #8

From what I understand, most of us aren't going to be affected. Cleita Dec 2012 #9

I don't get what commercial rental rates have to do with... Walk away Dec 2012 #11

It's all related to job creation by small and medium sized businesses. Many are folding and/or kelliekat44 Dec 2012 #15

I have work in retail as a director of operations in several national companies... Walk away Dec 2012 #21