Reply #228: You have a point about the taxes

[Abq_Sarah]

Politicians could raise my taxes and I wouldn't be able to raise my prices or I would lose so many customers I wouldn't be able to stay in business. So instead, I'd take home less money like I've been doing for the last 3 years until I finally got fed up enough to fire my employees and close my business.

You charge what the market can bear. When you get to the point where expenses come close to what you can reasonably charge, you can only stay in business if you sell huge volumes. If you're a small business, you close your doors. The only industries that can get away with jacking up costs on a continual basis without putting themselves out of business are energy, food producers and health care.