Posted on 12/13/2008 8:50:55 AM PST by SeekAndFind
I suppose.
I'm old enough that by the time they get around to the war crimes trials with any luck I'll already be dead...
Mark for reference.
“Me. May as well, can’t find a job...”
Thanks for the best laugh I’ve had in awhile.
Ah aims tuh please...
SFL
Hard times came yesterday, and so I let the Obama supporters on my staff go.
Let Obama help them know, they got what they wanted. Good riddance to bad trash, I say.
I did the same thing yesterday. Didn't it feel good to take out the trash?
Sounds like he works for the same Bank I do. Our "bailout" was an offer we could not refuse also. The CEO and CFO were called in by the Feds, a paper was placed in front of them and they were TOLD they were taking bailout money. That money would purchase preferred stock in the bank, and could not be used for acquisitions or mergers. It HAD to be lent out.
The Thugocracy is just beginning.
The owners should be personally liable.
I hate to admit it but it did feel good to $hi+ can those 3. They worked for the company when I bought it. The freak with the ring in his nose and multiple tattoos was marked on day 1. The other 2 had Obama bumper stickers and liked to talk about “him” on my time. Since they all had trouble showing up for work on time and were hungover on 11/5 I had no trouble “taking out the trash” as you say.
Change they'll have to believe in. :-D
Way to Go!
Sounds like people who want to CONTROL the banks, rather than merely HELP them.
Adjusting the Business Plan For the New Regime.
Fellow Business Executives: As the CFO of this business that employees 140 people, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama will be our next President, and that our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way.
To compensate for these increases, I figure that the Clients will have to see an increase in our fees to them of about 8% but since we cannot increase our fees right now due to the dismal state of our economy, we will have to lay off six of our employees instead. This has really been eating at me for a while, as we believe we are family here and I didn't know how to choose who will have to go.
So, this is what I did. I strolled thru our parking lot and found 6 Obama bumper stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these folks will be the first to be laid off. I can't think of a more fair way to approach this problem.
These folks wanted change; I gave it to them.
Who do you lend it to? Qualified borrowers are all pulling back, not expanding. I'm a real estate developer and mgr and we've pulled back on 2/3rds of our rehabs for next year so we won't have to borrow.
Again, exactly what I said. The only thing the employer owes is what they agreed upon with the employee “for the work done”. The only intrinsic value to society, the employer and the worker is in the work performed. Everything else is compensation, and contrary to popular opinion, it's not the money that has value, it was the work done.
“Lots of businesses, especially small ones, get lots back in terms of tax breaks, credits, low interest loans, etc”
You must be sure to list those goodies with some specificity. I’ve owned a small business since 1986 and have never received a “low interest” loan. The going rate is what businesses usually pay.
And tax breaks? Hmmm. Like what?
I can tell you that if you live in a state that has a tangibles tax, you get to pay a tax on your capital assets each year. This is a break? A business has already paid for the item, including the sales tax, and then it has the pleasure of paying a tax on owning the asset each year, as well. Some “break.”
I think most people in business would agree that small businesses enjoy the privilege of paying tons of “fees” and other such things not specifically called taxes simply because they are businesses instead of individuals.
And most people have no idea what a tax “write off” is. They think it means that you didn’t pay for something, that you’re getting something free. What it really means is that a business has perhaps experienced a loss on something it already paid for and can deduct the loss (write it off)from its tax liablility. Of if a business has made a donation to a charity, it can deduct that amount from its tax liability, as can individuals. The money is gone, has been spent, so the tax deduction or “write off” is puny compared to the money already spent. It ain’t no “earned income credit” !
I might also add that a lot of small businesses are afrid to hire people, because if they have to let them go, it can be a legal and/or financial nightmare. Everyone is protected except the business owner.
They don’t want this kind of highway robbery.
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