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To: Alberta's Child
"Someone who is self-employed doesn't have to worry about losing his job -- at least insofar as he can react to changes in his line of business.

Huh? What business might that be? Oh, that's right. All self-employed people are rich and their clients couldn't possibly include the middle class that's being gutted. Do you have any idea what's happening out in the ma & pa business community? Try and get a business loan if you have a product or service that the bank deems "should be outsourced." Would averaging 20-25 hours a week productive time as opposed to the normal 40-50 hours per week be technically laid off? Do your fixed expenses go down? Oh wait, utility and insurance costs are going up. The trades are being undercut by three layers of subcontractors with illegal alien labor and then there's the property taxes which always go up. Waking up every morning begins the fight for survival.

98 posted on 03/09/2004 7:05:29 PM PST by Ches
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To: Ches
but they are never unemployed you see, they are just "without work", and never appear in the statistics.

most small businesses fail.
100 posted on 03/09/2004 7:09:09 PM PST by oceanview
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To: Ches
Waking up every morning begins the fight for survival.

Look if you have to "fight to survive" in the United States you are hopeless.

417 posted on 03/09/2004 11:15:38 PM PST by Texasforever (I apologize in advance)
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To: Ches
"Waking up every morning begins the fight for survival."

If you can't make it here, don't even bother packing your bags...you ain't going to make it anywhere.

419 posted on 03/09/2004 11:18:28 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez (Unless the world is made safe for Democracy, Democracy won't be safe in the world.)
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