If you can't make it here, don't even bother packing your bags...you ain't going to make it anywhere.
"If you can't make it here, don't even bother packing your bags...you ain't going to make it anywhere" Luis Gonzalez
"Look if you have to "fight to survive" in the United States you are hopeless." Texasforever
Are you guys blond junior high cheerleaders or what? You have now totally reversed your positions in fine ad hominen style proving your only interest is arguing for the sake of arguing. Is your concept of "winning" equal to the cutest angle and remark?
Now I'm hopeless for getting up every day and scratching to survive and to save my investment while supporting the monster with about 50% of my income. Sorry guys, you can't have it both ways.
I'm not going to look up the exact figures, so I'll just ask you some questions. How many new businesses go belly up in the first year? In the first five years? How many small businesses went bankrupt in the last twelve months? How many established businesses didn't go bankrupt but had to close?
I must be stupid for going out there and hitting my head against the wall in order to survive. After 35 years of "making it" here, I don't plan to pack my bags although it appears that this is your solution. As far as fighting to survive and hopelessness, you know darn well I'm not talking about fighting over a chicken bone. I'm talking about a hostile atmosphere, not only in the business community but all the way through our society as indicated by your willingness to shift positions in order to take a shot at someone. Engaging in sniping might be fun but it indicates you don't really have a position, you just pick a target and open up. I guess you have me convinced that I should become dependent because the daily grind just isn't worth it for a wimp like me.