Posted on 01/14/2015 10:57:08 AM PST by SeekAndFind
I’m a whimp. I’ve thought about starting a new business, but it’s just not worth the hoops one has to jump through and then going into partnership with federal, state, county and city governments like a small business in little italy is partner with the mafia, whether he wants to or not.
It’s just not worth all the regulations. Seriously.
Gray markets are exploding in the US.
And Greece, of course.
Where has Mr Clifton been for the last few years? Seems he’s a hermit just emerging from his cave. Guess its better late than never...
Professor Zellaby: “ I must think of a brick wall. A brick wall. It’s half past eight. A brick wall. I must think of a brick wall. OK, I’ll think of beer for just a moment. Back to a brick wall. Almost time, almost 8:45. A brick wall. Must think of a brick wall. And a Slim Jim. And a brick wall. Must think only of a brick wall.”
That will require shifting money and power away from government. Odds?
You might say, "Well, I see a lot of entrepreneurial activity in the country." Yes, that's true, but entrepreneurship is now in decline for the first time since the U.S. government started measuring it.
I don't see much intelligent entrepreneurial activity. Smart people are staying on the sidelines - dumb people are jumping in with both feet, and becoming sheep to be sheared by bankers and landlords.
Ah yes, a public service announcement from the mainstream media.
Hey, when people now have to work two jobs to earn what they used to with one, there are going to be more cars on the road. ;-)
Probably seeing the beginnings of a narrative shift so when repubs win the white house, all we will hear for the next 4-8 years is how the economy sucks.
What could have happened in the past six years to have killed all those small businesses....hmmm? Sadly, many of the employees displaced have not been able to find another job, thus joining the millions who have “left the workforce” according to the lying Labor Dept.
Next he'll be saying that emperor 0bama has no clothes! Blasphemy!
/sarc
I'm glad SOMEONE finally stated the obvious!
Grape! My favorite.
U.S. Retail Sales Reflect Consumer Caution Despite Lower Gas Prices
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-retail-sales-fall-0-9-in-december-1421242433
You’re not a wimp (or a whimp, either.)
The costs and risks of starting and sustaining a new business in the US have never been higher. The returns on doing so (after taxes, administrative overhead, fees, etc) never lower. There no incentive to jump in, or do better. There’s much disincentive for doing so.
This is what Going Galt looks like.
But the government is doing better than ever and Obama is living like an emperor, so to all the crooks in DC, the economy is doing great.
Village Of The Damned
“Face tcrlaf you just don’t get out much either. ;-)”
I work in the airline business...
I could write a treatise on what has happened to the Airline Industry in the 20 years since Clinton’s “Airline Safety Act”.
Dayton, as just one example, had 10 branded airlines in 1995, today there are just 4. (USAIR/American count as just one, now)
Interesting.
We had a friend’s wedding on our place a few months ago. Every wedding professional involved told us we were sitting on a wedding gold mine with our location. We got really excited until we started looking into regs, insurance, etc.
Heck, this is even in Rural KY where you don’t even need a permit to build a house.
I used to be a commercial real estate agent in the early 1980’s. I was appalled at the lease agreements for shopping malls. You don’t pay rent. You open your books to the mall owners and pay them a percentage.
That is, unless you want to find a horsehead in your bed (IYGMD)
The above board markets are dying, or more likely, being killed off by bureaucrats, lawyers, and good old fascism.
The under the table, gray, and black markets on the other hand, are literally exploding.
Why go through all of the trouble and bureaucratic red tape to set up a “legitimate” business, and get attacked and bled dry before I can make widget #1, when I can make said widget in my garage and sell it for cash, without any hassle.
And people wonder why all of our manufactured goods come from china and the third world.
Save us, guide us Obama, ah I mean Landrew...
Kind of like how “the homeless” suddenly reappear when a Republican President takes office and then suddenly disaster when a Democrat takes office.
Or how the war in Iraq was a huge issue media full court push when Bush was in office but completely disappeared off the radar screen when Obama took office.
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