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Egalitarian Thug

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15. And because 'our' government has been screwing small businesses in favor making big business bigger

Reply to HiPointDem (Original post)

Thu Dec 27, 2012, 06:29 AM

Dec 2012

for the last half century. reagan got the car on the freeway and Clinton mashed the accelerator to the floor.

Even when they accidentally do something good for small business, withing a couple of years it is perverted into another welfare program for big business.

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US second-to-last of 22 countries in percent of workers who own their own businesses [View all] HiPointDem Dec 2012 OP

one big reason is healthcare cost, I pray that this the run pool will help uponit7771 Dec 2012 #1

K&R Whovian Dec 2012 #2

K/R moondust Dec 2012 #3

Duh!, we're trapped by our employer-based healthcare system. ErikJ Dec 2012 #4

that's one reason, but as the article details, not the most important reason. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #5

The cited report says that it is healthcare exboyfil Dec 2012 #9

Don't know how old you are, but I'm 60 & the infiltration of every available niche by corporations HiPointDem Dec 2012 #10

The weird thing is PIIGS exboyfil Dec 2012 #13

that *is* an interesting correlation. which could lead to the hypothesis that perhaps those HiPointDem Dec 2012 #14

That's why sales were not so good this Christmas. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #6

hard to wear a lot of the new clothes longer because they're so low-quality. i can find better HiPointDem Dec 2012 #11

And for 10 years the colors/styling/quality of clothing has degenerated. The stuff out there Nay Dec 2012 #17

I am lucky. I live in LA where we can still get fabric. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #25

It wasn't like that before Walmart and the other chains took over for "Corporate America" world wide wally Dec 2012 #7

I'd swear the Progressive Congressional Caucus floated an idea about this late in 2010, patrice Dec 2012 #8

one of the most important article ever posted here - this REALLY should go viral Douglas Carpenter Dec 2012 #12

And because 'our' government has been screwing small businesses in favor making big business bigger Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #15

Not surprised. Quantess Dec 2012 #16

There are no incentives to make things here anymore. Heywood J Dec 2012 #18

^ Wilms Dec 2012 #19

Corporate Monocultures and Authoritarian Police States go together kenny blankenship Dec 2012 #20

+1. while all the time talking about 'individualism,' blah blah blah gag. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #21

where is the list of the other 21 countries above us? I didn't see it in the article. CTyankee Dec 2012 #22

linked in the article. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #23

thanks, my bad that I didn't see it. CTyankee Dec 2012 #24