And you, my friend, may think whatever you like about me and my motivations. Given the fact that you know nothing about me or my situation, you only reveal your own ignorance. I simply brought up a point of reality, that with small mom-and-pop businesses, holding a job is not always feasible. It's not. It's not an issue of sacrifice or selfishness or anything of the kind. It's an issue of some things being workable and some not. Reality. I'm as patriotic as you or anyone else on this board and my discussion of this issue doesn't lessen that one bit. I love how you and a couple of others, who haven't the foggiest notion of what you're talking about and some of whom have probably never created a job in their life, sit back and make declarations about how easy it is to do something when you know zero about the details. Beating your chest and running your mouth doesn't make you a patriot. And stating the reality of running a business doesn't make someone not a patriot.
The only reason I brought this up was because of all the blanket statements thrown out in this thread about boycotting any business in this situation, which is utter foolishness.
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