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but I really got tired of the anti-business rhetoric that made me as an employer out to be so greedy and evil.
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I have a 30 year old son who, with a college friend, is in the process of building a chain of franchise burger joints.
The franchise is a popular one and they should do very well and if this were 10 years ago, I would have no reason to doubt their success. Their measure of success includes how many lives they have changed for the better. Certainly, they want to make money, but they want to make it possible for others to do the same. They promote from within and mentor any employee that shows an interest in advancement. They have set up generous profit sharing and plan to offer health insurance to their employees regardless of govenment mandate. I am very proud of the way they approach their business. I also realize that they are not the only altruistic entrepreneurs out there. I’m not sure you would even call it altruism, since they realize that treating their employees well will result in a better bottom line. I have long used that criteria when making investment decisions and it has worked well. Common sense tells you that it would. If a person feels valued and an integral part of a whole AND benefits from the success of the whole, he will perform to the best of his ability. If he shows exceptional ability, he may become a more important part and receive a larger reward. If all parts of the whole are on line with the program, the whole will succeed and the parts will prosper. When the whole succeeds, it grows and the process is repeated. UNTIL the government steps in and tells them how to operate. Our current political situation makes me very nervous for these young entrepreneurs and the many others just like them.