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Kristian Foden-Vencil please read Black Redneck White Liberal written by Thomas Sowell. His credentials follow. His views are backed by emperical studies not political Demagoguery . Thanks

http://www.tsowell.com/

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Chicago, 1968
A.M. in Economics, Columbia University, 1959
A.B. in Economics, magna cum laude, Harvard College, 1958

posted 2 years, 10 months ago
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The public sector needs to take an accross the board pay cut. If they really cared about the people they are supposed to be serving. I am a small business owner (investor) and I have taken a huge pay cut and my employees are working reduced hours.

The public workers who have zero capital invested seem to feel they are better than their employers, i.e. private sector taxpayers.

The legislature seems to only be interested in protecting the public sector and ignoring the private sector business people who actually create the wealth that is being squandered.

posted 2 years, 11 months ago
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Question:

Does the democratic activist include, user fees, license fees, nusance fees, etc.. in his calculation of taxes business pay. They are called fees but they are taxes@!!

 

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This is what we in the private sector have to do when the economy tanks. Why does the public sector think they are better than the taxpayers who pay their wages???

Entrepreneurs Cut Own Pay to Stay Alive

By SIMONA COVEL

A number of small-business owners have stopped paying themselves as they struggle to keep their companies afloat.

It's impossible to know just how many owners are affected. But in a sign of the breadth of the trend, 30% of 727 small-business owners and managers surveyed by American Express Co.'s small-business services division said recently that they were no longer taking a salary. That's a troubling sign for small businesses, which have created a significant share of the new U.S. jobs in recent years....

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124053156953150693.html

 

 

posted 2 years, 11 months ago
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I researched this industry for a 400 level ethics class in college with the intent of shutting it down. I too resented the smoke in summer as I was an avid water skier. However, after doing the research I came to the conclusion that field burning was the best solution.

I also fight asthma that is why I no longer live in the Southern Willamette valley which I came to find out is one of the worst places in the world to live if you have allergies. If health is really the concern. MOVE!

posted 3 years, 1 month ago
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