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Regulations, taxes aren't killing small business, owners say
McClatchy Newspapers ^
| September 1, 2011
| Kevin G. Hall
Posted on 09/05/2011 10:59:17 AM PDT by 1010RD
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McClatchy appears to have ordered its reporters to find businesses that want more taxes and regulations.
The gags almost write themselves. FReepers, you've got plenty of material to work with here. Have at it.
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posted on
09/05/2011 10:59:20 AM PDT
by
1010RD
To: 1010RD
"In order to do business in today's environment, government regulations are necessary and we must deal with them. The health and safety of our guests depend on regulations. It is the government regulations that help keep things in order."What? Who interviewed the guy, a muslim with a scimitar?
To: 1010RD
Mr. Wolfson went on to add, “Barack Hussein Obama II is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.”
To: 1010RD
Well, seems to me that they now make news instead of reporting the news.
Also, it seems to me that they did that very thing in Germany about 60-70 years ago.
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posted on
09/05/2011 11:06:16 AM PDT
by
crz
To: 1010RD
The gags almost write themselves. FReepers, you've got plenty of material to work with here. Have at it.
Why? Its a waste of good bandwidth. Just like with the "Professors" and "Academics" they develop a theory and to hell with contrary evidence.
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posted on
09/05/2011 11:06:27 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: 1010RD
I’ll bet dollars to donuts that this a union shop.
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posted on
09/05/2011 11:07:28 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: 1010RD
The health and safety of our guests depend on regulations. It is the government regulations that help keep things in order." Stupid, stupid, stupid.
To: the invisib1e hand
(None of the business owners complained about regulation in their particular industries, and most seemed to welcome it...)
That sounds like a poll conducted in Syria! Not one of the business owners complained about business regulations; 100% welecome more regulations! Baghdad Bob must have found a new job at the McCrappy papers.
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posted on
09/05/2011 11:09:01 AM PDT
by
winner3000
(ss)
To: 1010RD
Gas in my tank is taking $20 a week instead of $10.
Drill....and every segment benefits!!
To: the invisib1e hand
"In order to do business in today's environment, government regulations are necessary and we must deal with them. The health and safety of our guests depend on regulations. It is the government regulations that help keep things in order."What he's saying is, if it weren't for regulations, we bed&breakfasts would be serving arsenic in the tea.
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posted on
09/05/2011 11:09:59 AM PDT
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: 1010RD
Guy runs a small group of 5 hotels staffed with illegals. Can’t imagine why he likes Obama.
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posted on
09/05/2011 11:10:04 AM PDT
by
festusbanjo
(This is what happens when you hire a guy to run the country that hadn't run anything but his mouth)
To: 1010RD
These were probably all union-controlled businesses.
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posted on
09/05/2011 11:10:57 AM PDT
by
hsalaw
To: 1010RD
This article might be partially true, since the most successful small business people I know simply ignore or work around any inconvenient regulation and they are (so far) small enough to escape the government's notice. Likewise, big companies can simply buy enough support in Congress and hire enough attorneys to blunt the effects of any adverse regulation. It's the mid-size businesses that get crushed.
That's why I have a simple rule for our company: "When we want to grow, we have to go...to Asia."
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posted on
09/05/2011 11:11:42 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
( "The right to offend is far more important than any right not to be offended." - Rowan Atkinson)
To: 1010RD
Just in case anybody is unsure where the “reporters” stand within the political spectrum, here’s another quote from a “random” business owner: (He credits the federal stimulus effort with helping to keep some smaller firms afloat.)
Riiiiiight!
To: 1010RD
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posted on
09/05/2011 11:14:55 AM PDT
by
gusopol3
To: 1010RD
If you read the article the dimwits they interview say regulations aren't a problem for their business, but every problem they point out as hurting them is caused by government regulations. They interviewed nothing but a collection of idiots.
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posted on
09/05/2011 11:15:26 AM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
To: 1010RD
The health and safety of our guests depend on regulations.No, it depends on you to set standards of service and enforce them!
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posted on
09/05/2011 11:17:23 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: coloradan
Clearly! “I can’t be trusted to do the right thing government! Please regulate me!”
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posted on
09/05/2011 11:18:28 AM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Will racist demagogue Andre Carson be censured by the House?)
To: gusopol3
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posted on
09/05/2011 11:18:32 AM PDT
by
pacpam
(action=consequence and applies in all cases - friend of victory)
To: gusopol3
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09/05/2011 11:18:55 AM PDT
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gusopol3
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