Posted on 01/14/2015 10:57:08 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Looks like deflation won.
I was considering a career move, but I am much more hesitant now. With the business and commodity implosion going on, even a bad job is better than no job.
When are the grocery stores going to read the memo about deflation?
Yeah..
One plus...if you are self employed you can deduct your health insurance premiums. Good luck.
May the future not belong to those who slander the name of the prophet Mohammad! A very Obama day to you too.
They are starting to. Trouble is they have large inventory of goods bought at the high point that they have to move first.
Yeah, that last bit is what killed that Tex/Mex place down on the Louisville waterfront: the owners were paying a % of gross to the landlord.
As to your place, keep in mind also that beyond the paperwork hassle, if you were to rent it out for weddings you’d have to open it up to ALL weddings. If you chose to turn certain couples away you’d then be open to financial destruction via lawsuit.
The truth is that the US is no longer truly a free market, Capitalist economy. We’re Corporatist. Small players, which used to be the engine of growth, can’t meet the burden. Massive corporations, which can afford the overhead of admnistrative staff to handle paperwork and compliance issues, can.
I’ve been asked why I’m content with a cushy desk job that pays moderately well. My response is that running my own business would be miserable; that rather than dedicate my time to managing and growing the business (which I’d love) I’d have to focus way too much on the regulatory compliance side. So rather than being a jobs producer I’m a job-holder.
Every time Congress is in session they come up with more rules and regs that businesses must adhere to. Now it is mandatory to pay for insurance soon it will be mandatory to grant vacation time for sex change operations and provide special restrooms for transgenders and I am sure before long there will be hiring quotas based on race and sexual orientation.
Hell I bet its near impossible to fire someone right now if they are gay or transgendered or some protected ethnic group no matter if they are caught red handed stealing money or goods from the business without some serious hush money involved.
Better to take you start up money and get a bit of interest or spend it on good property far away from the city and hunker down and hope that sanity comes back to America.
In my case, I’ve just gone Galt and avoid all the hassles.
A side note. My wife and I talked about the idea of getting sued by sexual deviants. My idea was to have on the property in conspicuous places, bible verses about marriage, most prominent regarding “one man and one woman” and if they want to have their event there, that’s fine. But they can’t cover it up. Not permitted. And that right is definitely one protected by the first amendment.
I’m sure the Regime will take action on this immediately! By changing the definitions to make it look better, inserting bogus data and harassing those who are telling the truth. Unemployment, inflation and GDP growth numbers are already cooked . What else would one expect from liars and thieves?
LOL!
There is a lot of "big" money sloshing around trying to find a home. I live in a Big 10 college town and big apartment building projects have been relentless for several years now. The local paper just had an article about how Chinese money will be funding a fairly big new project. The first thing that crossed my mind is whether they are going to be empty like many of the ones in China. My take is that the build out has reached peak madness.
Until we change leadership in Washington, the U.S. will continue to decline in its ranking in the world economy arena.
Until we change leadership in Washington, the U.S. will continue to decline in its ranking in the world economy arena.
Older people are retiring and closing their small businesses.
Young people are not starting small businesses at the rate of previous generations.
Public schools have killed the entrepreneurial spirit in many of the young, and replaced it with a “Gibsmedat, Uncle Sugar” mentality.
Flying is so different now. Just a few years ago you could get on a plane and there would be some empty seats. Now it is rare to have a half filled plane. It's unusual to see any empty seats.
BTW the stupid American public is complicit in this, they love taxes on business.
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