Comments on: Small Business to Get Short Shrift from Obama Administration http://pjmedia.com/blog/small-business-to-get-short-shrift-from-obama-administration/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:46:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Zeke http://pjmedia.com/blog/small-business-to-get-short-shrift-from-obama-administration/#comment-199897 Zeke Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:25:37 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44977#comment-199897 In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith wrote: “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest” That seems like common sense to me. I don't think Obama and his crowd agree with this, or believe it to be true. In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith wrote:

“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest”

That seems like common sense to me.

I don’t think Obama and his crowd agree with this, or believe it to be true.

]]> By: RCR http://pjmedia.com/blog/small-business-to-get-short-shrift-from-obama-administration/#comment-192981 RCR Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:04:31 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44977#comment-192981 Thanks for the article. I am one such small business owner who has worked very hard to earn the success that we enjoy. I see no 'hope and change' in the new administration. Instead I have an onerous feeling that I'm in for a helluva fight to stay in business and remain successful under the new Obama regime. Thanks for the article. I am one such small business owner who has worked very hard to earn the success that we enjoy. I see no ‘hope and change’ in the new administration. Instead I have an onerous feeling that I’m in for a helluva fight to stay in business and remain successful under the new Obama regime.

]]> By: The Historian http://pjmedia.com/blog/small-business-to-get-short-shrift-from-obama-administration/#comment-192848 The Historian Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:56:49 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44977#comment-192848 REAL VOODOO ECONOMICS They are pushing political payoffs, not economic well being. http://greensrealworld.blogspot.com/2009/01/markets-not-government-stimulate-our.html REAL VOODOO ECONOMICS
They are pushing political payoffs, not economic well being.

http://greensrealworld.blogspot.com/2009/01/markets-not-government-stimulate-our.html

]]> By: Ex canuck now in USA http://pjmedia.com/blog/small-business-to-get-short-shrift-from-obama-administration/#comment-192507 Ex canuck now in USA Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:48:32 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44977#comment-192507 New tax revenue? Why, that's simple. In the name of being progressive introduce a services tax, similar to Canada's GST (Goods and Services Tax) or Britain's VAT (Value Added Tax). New tax revenue?

Why, that’s simple. In the name of being progressive introduce a services tax, similar to Canada’s GST (Goods and Services Tax) or Britain’s VAT (Value Added Tax).

]]> By: Marie Claude http://pjmedia.com/blog/small-business-to-get-short-shrift-from-obama-administration/#comment-191993 Marie Claude Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:32:19 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44977#comment-191993 Marc, <i>You seem to have a huge increase in retired elderly, so the workforce numbers must be coming from immigration. I’m guessing Arabs, which fits with the growth in service industries and microbusinesses</i> Yes, because of the age of retirement, 60 for the average French, 55 for the administration servants (often, if they reach their conventional legal amount of working years, which depends on the services policies) Well, these positions vacuancies can't be replaced by an african muslim immigration, even if they live in our country, they have to be "educated" or trained, another immigration from Africa can't fill the goals either, those who managed to enter into our county made mostly the construction, mines, manufactures works, and they, for most of them, are now retired or will soon go on retirement. Also as our mines are closed, our manufactures, often dislocated in cheap labour force countries, construction, roads maintenance, etc... still supply them jobs ; the contractors don't need so much to hire abroad workers, sons of the former immigrants, Frenchs, "non educated", still find their ways there, plus since the "Schengen agreements", the new "priviliegied" immigration comes from the eastern EU republics, comprise their selves immigrants, ie Turcs from germany. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement As far as the "higher" positions, as we have some quite a large number of "educateds", due to our low univerty fees, hence no problem to replace the retirees also seems that we won the price of the best birth rate in EU lately http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090113/lf_afp/francehealthwomendemography_20090113200836 Marc,

You seem to have a huge increase in retired elderly, so the workforce numbers must be coming from immigration. I’m guessing Arabs, which fits with the growth in service industries and microbusinesses

Yes, because of the age of retirement, 60 for the average French, 55 for the administration servants (often, if they reach their conventional legal amount of working years, which depends on the services policies)

Well, these positions vacuancies can’t be replaced by an african muslim immigration, even if they live in our country, they have to be “educated” or trained, another immigration from Africa can’t fill the goals either, those who managed to enter into our county made mostly the construction, mines, manufactures works, and they, for most of them, are now retired or will soon go on retirement.

Also as our mines are closed, our manufactures, often dislocated in cheap labour force countries, construction, roads maintenance, etc… still supply them jobs ; the contractors don’t need so much to hire abroad workers, sons of the former immigrants, Frenchs, “non educated”, still find their ways there, plus since the “Schengen agreements”, the new “priviliegied” immigration comes from the eastern EU republics, comprise their selves immigrants, ie Turcs from germany.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement

As far as the “higher” positions, as we have some quite a large number of “educateds”, due to our low univerty fees, hence no problem to replace the retirees

also seems that we won the price of the best birth rate in EU lately

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090113/lf_afp/francehealthwomendemography_20090113200836

]]> By: Marc Malone http://pjmedia.com/blog/small-business-to-get-short-shrift-from-obama-administration/#comment-191967 Marc Malone Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:29:45 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44977#comment-191967 #47 &48 Marie Claude - I read through the stats you offered. My French is a bit rusty, and I had some difficulty, because what you all measure as important, as opposed to what we do, is a bit different. so, I had to translate a bit. I see fairly stagnant population numbers, overall as well as workforce. Hard to tell, but 78% of the job growth seems to be in small business... about the same as here. Most job growth is in retail and service (hotel/restaurant particularly robust). Industry and transportation seems a bit flat. You seem to have a huge increase in retired elderly, so the workforce numbers must be coming from immigration. I'm guessing Arabs, which fits with the growth in service industries and microbusinesses. I'm also getting a sense of growth in underground economy, with all these microbusinesses of self-employed and no employees like you. This is indicative of people getting around all the hyper-regulation and gaming the system. This sounds like a natural, John Galt reaction to Socialism. It allows for a certain amount of hiding of one's assets and earnings. Of course, I could be misinterpreting all this. It was in Frog-speech, after all. :p #47 &48 Marie Claude – I read through the stats you offered. My French is a bit rusty, and I had some difficulty, because what you all measure as important, as opposed to what we do, is a bit different. so, I had to translate a bit.

I see fairly stagnant population numbers, overall as well as workforce. Hard to tell, but 78% of the job growth seems to be in small business… about the same as here. Most job growth is in retail and service (hotel/restaurant particularly robust). Industry and transportation seems a bit flat. You seem to have a huge increase in retired elderly, so the workforce numbers must be coming from immigration. I’m guessing Arabs, which fits with the growth in service industries and microbusinesses.

I’m also getting a sense of growth in underground economy, with all these microbusinesses of self-employed and no employees like you. This is indicative of people getting around all the hyper-regulation and gaming the system. This sounds like a natural, John Galt reaction to Socialism. It allows for a certain amount of hiding of one’s assets and earnings.

Of course, I could be misinterpreting all this. It was in Frog-speech, after all. :p

]]> By: Marie Claude http://pjmedia.com/blog/small-business-to-get-short-shrift-from-obama-administration/#comment-191928 Marie Claude Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:39:18 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44977#comment-191928 I guess I incarnate, what boqueronman... the last but the "beast", M.C. (for naming his recent nics here, and different on other places, that I suppose are all of the same poster, nonetheless that I can't help myself to find funny, but if relying on "their" aleatory alcohol-of-the-evening, then "their" prose can become really mean), undestand as the evil mirror of what "they" fear of the new US administration. Sorry "fellows", I have no such large shoulders so that I could wear all these cold frocks, and I'm far nearer to share thegr8 1 sentiments, I also don't donate money away to social charity associations, that I already financed I guess I incarnate, what boqueronman… the last but the “beast”, M.C. (for naming his recent nics here, and different on other places, that I suppose are all of the same poster, nonetheless that I can’t help myself to find funny, but if relying on “their” aleatory alcohol-of-the-evening, then “their” prose can become really mean), undestand as the evil mirror of what “they” fear of the new US administration. Sorry “fellows”, I have no such large shoulders so that I could wear all these cold frocks, and I’m far nearer to share thegr8 1 sentiments, I also don’t donate money away to social charity associations, that I already financed

]]> By: thegr8 1 http://pjmedia.com/blog/small-business-to-get-short-shrift-from-obama-administration/#comment-191828 thegr8 1 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:02:04 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44977#comment-191828 #50 Marie I vehemently disagree with throwing all our money in one pot and everybody takes what we need when we need it. I want to choose what I do with my money, if I wish to donate to charity that is my choice. Taxes are so high now at about 40% marginal rate of my salary I consider that my charity donation the wasteful way it is spent, and donate very little else. If I paid less taxes I would have more donate more to charity and help more people and the value would get to the people faster without the government sticking in their sticky crooked fingers to get their share of pork to who they want. I don't need the Social Security Administration between what my sister and I pay in social security taxes, we could directly write our mother a check each month without the bureaucratic crap that is in place now. My nieces could do likewise with my sister when the time comes. #50 Marie I vehemently disagree with throwing all our money in one pot and everybody takes what we need when we need it. I want to choose what I do with my money, if I wish to donate to charity that is my choice. Taxes are so high now at about 40% marginal rate of my salary I consider that my charity donation the wasteful way it is spent, and donate very little else. If I paid less taxes I would have more donate more to charity and help more people and the value would get to the people faster without the government sticking in their sticky crooked fingers to get their share of pork to who they want.
I don’t need the Social Security Administration between what my sister and I pay in social security taxes, we could directly write our mother a check each month without the bureaucratic crap that is in place now. My nieces could do likewise with my sister when the time comes.

]]> By: Marie Claude http://pjmedia.com/blog/small-business-to-get-short-shrift-from-obama-administration/#comment-191713 Marie Claude Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:50:53 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44977#comment-191713 fred :lol: thanks We still have a too high amount of charges, because of the public debt,-the helps that we allocate to an invariable percentage of population that is or will never be able to work (I think 3,5% to 5%, corresponds to a "normal" unemployment rate of a modern society), -healthcare, less and less gratuitous (only the remnent percentage of work "handicapeds" and the elders can gratuitly benefit from it), we need a private insurance to compensate, -the helps that we give to the third world countries for keeping their populations on place), -the still too high number of administrative servants, -the different regalian and unavoidable services of a state (army, police, education...), though these administrative charges tend to decrease as the babyboomers are progessively going into retirement (still on the state budget), half of them will not be replaced as forecasted, that,I hope, no lazy "socialist" leader will change, -oil, tobacco, taxes are high, EU taxes (TVA 19,60% on the "sales")... Apart of a few (or several)dumb and obtus politicians and local responsables, la vie est belle !!! fred :lol: thanks

We still have a too high amount of charges, because of the public debt,-the helps that we allocate to an invariable percentage of population that is or will never be able to work (I think 3,5% to 5%, corresponds to a “normal” unemployment rate of a modern society), -healthcare, less and less gratuitous (only the remnent percentage of work “handicapeds” and the elders can gratuitly benefit from it), we need a private insurance to compensate, -the helps that we give to the third world countries for keeping their populations on place), -the still too high number of administrative servants, -the different regalian and unavoidable services of a state (army, police, education…), though these administrative charges tend to decrease as the babyboomers are progessively going into retirement (still on the state budget), half of them will not be replaced as forecasted, that,I hope, no lazy “socialist” leader will change, -oil, tobacco, taxes are high, EU taxes (TVA 19,60% on the “sales”)…

Apart of a few (or several)dumb and obtus politicians and local responsables, la vie est belle !!!

]]> By: Jerry http://pjmedia.com/blog/small-business-to-get-short-shrift-from-obama-administration/#comment-191665 Jerry Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:26:35 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=44977#comment-191665 The government will not be able to count on old sources of income to tax. Dividend income will be reduced as companies can no longer pay them. Interest from government instruments such as Treasury Notes, Bonds and Bills no longer exists on new issues and so cannot be taxed if owned by US citizens. Business transfer taxes will dry up. Taxes on income will decrease as per capita income decreases or stagnates. Large corporations will translate their losses into decreased tax revenues. Capital Gains taxes will go down as businesses fold since buyers cannot be found and stock prices wallow in a narrow range, thus yielding small amounts upon sale. Even taxes on Social Security will be reduced as the Social Security system is "fixed." Perhaps a tax on breathing air will yield some revenue. If I am wrong in my analysis, will someone set me straight please. The government will not be able to count on old sources of income to tax. Dividend income will be reduced as companies can no longer pay them. Interest from government instruments such as Treasury Notes, Bonds and Bills no longer exists on new issues and so cannot be taxed if owned by US citizens. Business transfer taxes will dry up. Taxes on income will decrease as per capita income decreases or stagnates. Large corporations will translate their losses into decreased tax revenues. Capital Gains taxes will go down as businesses fold since buyers cannot be found and stock prices wallow in a narrow range, thus yielding small amounts upon sale. Even taxes on Social Security will be reduced as the Social Security system is “fixed.” Perhaps a tax on breathing air will yield some revenue.

If I am wrong in my analysis, will someone set me straight please.

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