[cyborg]

Okay then but I don't see how you can take that attitude being a business owner. It's someone's right to not patronize a business BUT do people start businesses and corps to save jobs or to make money? That's all I want to know. These corps are thinking of the bottom line of making money for their shareholders.

[texgal]

. . .do people start businesses and corps to save jobs or to make money? That's all I want to know. These corps are thinking of the bottom line of making money for their shareholders.

I did it for both reasons. We're small and the employees are the shareholders. We all worked for the same company that was purchased and our jobs were "phased out". We got to train our replacements. It was the third time in my career that this had happened to me. I invested in the capital equipment and hired my fellow former co-workers who were also out of work. We all draw salaries and share in the profits after expenses and capital expenditures are paid.