Did Reagan kill small business?

[franklin]

Fo real?

I didn't realize we make the destitute pay down our symbolic federal debt. Please explain this burden you speak of.

 

[One Brow]

If your small business isn't thriving, it's not because of somebody else, it's because of you.

Perhaps the problem is that instead of blaming ourselves, we want to blame somebody else...somebody else who usually ends up being a big, rich company.

Sometimes, this is accurate. Sometimes, the big, rich company leverages assets you don't have in a way you can't match.

 

[b_line]

If your small business isn't thriving, it's not because of somebody else, it's because of you.

Perhaps the problem is that instead of blaming ourselves, we want to blame somebody else...somebody else who usually ends up being a big, rich company.

Wanna know why they're a big, rich company? It's because they're better at their business than you are. Things are changing, learn to change with them. Evolve, adapt, do better with whatever you do. Where I live, we have one Starbucks, and it doesn't even get that much business. Why? Because the local coffee shops have better coffee, latte's and whatever else they make there, and they offer competitive prices to go along with great service. Shockingly the local coffee shops that didn't have those went out of business. Is that Starbucks fault? Absolutely not. If you do your job well, then you don't have a problem. If you do your job average to below average, then you have a problem, and it's you.

Says the gov't subsidized farmer. I agree that in general, this principle of being a smart business works, but sometimes the regulations are such that they favor the big guys, and the small guys can't hack it.

 

[Deleted member 365]

If your small business isn't thriving, it's not because of somebody else, it's because of you.

Perhaps the problem is that instead of blaming ourselves, we want to blame somebody else...somebody else who usually ends up being a big, rich company.

Wanna know why they're a big, rich company? It's because they're better at their business than you are. Things are changing, learn to change with them. Evolve, adapt, do better with whatever you do. Where I live, we have one Starbucks, and it doesn't even get that much business. Why? Because the local coffee shops have better coffee, latte's and whatever else they make there, and they offer competitive prices to go along with great service. Shockingly the local coffee shops that didn't have those went out of business. Is that Starbucks fault? Absolutely not. If you do your job well, then you don't have a problem. If you do your job average to below average, then you have a problem, and it's you.

Sometimes this is true.

It was probably more true 30 years ago before we returned to Gilded Age economics.

 

[Hantlers]

Says the gov't subsidized farmer. I agree that in general, this principle of being a smart business works, but sometimes the regulations are such that they favor the big guys, and the small guys can't hack it.

I would suggest you not make quips about government subsidized farmers when you don't know if they're actually taking money from the government.

FWIW, I'm against government subsidized farming. But the funny thing is, if it goes away, so do small farms. Basically all it's doing is keeping those farmers afloat so I can't buy their land. I don't need the governments money. I'm good at what I do.

 

[b_line]

I would suggest you not make quips about government subsidized farmers when you don't know if they're actually taking money from the government.

FWIW, I'm against government subsidized farming. But the funny thing is, if it goes away, so do small farms. Basically all it's doing is keeping those farmers afloat so I can't buy their land. I don't need the governments money. I'm good at what I do.

so, you get zero tax breaks for being a farmer or land owner then?

 

[Hantlers]

so, you get zero tax breaks for being a farmer or land owner then?

I get tax breaks for running a corporation. Also, farm subsidies don't really have anything to do with tax breaks. Keep on trying though.

 

[b_line]

I would suggest you not make quips about government subsidized farmers when you don't know if they're actually taking money from the government.

FWIW, I'm against government subsidized farming. But the funny thing is, if it goes away, so do small farms. Basically all it's doing is keeping those farmers afloat so I can't buy their land. I don't need the governments money. I'm good at what I do.

I guess I should clarify a little more, rather than just a one line personal attack. As a landowner, and farmer, I would assume that your land is in the greenbelt classification, so you get a tax break that way. When you went to college, did you get any sort of financial aide or tuition break for being the son of a farmer? Do you get to write off supplies and materials on your taxes? (I know other small businesses get to write off supplies, etc, but the point remains that it is a government subsidy). So while you may not take money from the government, your profit margins would surely be smaller if you had to pay a higher tax rate on land, equipment, etc. Not to mention the benefit you get from being a farmer's kid, or if your kids go to school.

 

[b_line]

I get tax breaks for running a corporation. Also, farm subsidies don't really have anything to do with tax breaks. Keep on trying though.

What do you produce, btw?

 

[Hantlers]

I guess I should clarify a little more, rather than just a one line personal attack. As a landowner, and farmer, I would assume that your land is in the greenbelt classification, so you get a tax break that way. When you went to college, did you get any sort of financial aide or tuition break for being the son of a farmer? Do you get to write off supplies and materials on your taxes? (I know other small businesses get to write off supplies, etc, but the point remains that it is a government subsidy). So while you may not take money from the government, your profit margins would surely be smaller if you had to pay a higher tax rate on land, equipment, etc. Not to mention the benefit you get from being a farmer's kid, or if your kids go to school.

Of course I get to write off my taxes for things I purchase for my work. It's what all businesses do. As for college, I didn't get approved for financial aide, paid for it myself...or I should say that I am currently paying for it myself. No loans, just money I earned working. I can honestly say that I have gotten no benefits from the government in going to school because I am a farmer's kid. So yeah, for the most part, I get the same tax breaks as everybody else who owns a business...the only difference is that my work is my lifestyle. If I buy a pickup, I'm using it for work, that's a tax break. But none of these are the farm subsidies that you were talking about in your original post, I think we both know that. Since you're changing your argument yet again, I think we're done here.

 

[Hantlers]

What do you produce, btw?

Crops.

 

[b_line]

Of course I get to write off my taxes for things I purchase for my work. It's what all businesses do. As for college, I didn't get approved for financial aide, paid for it myself...or I should say that I am currently paying for it myself. No loans, just money I earned working. I can honestly say that I have gotten no benefits from the government in going to school because I am a farmer's kid. So yeah, for the most part, I get the same tax breaks as everybody else who owns a business...the only difference is that my work is my lifestyle. If I buy a pickup, I'm using it for work, that's a tax break. But none of these are the farm subsidies that you were talking about in your original post, I think we both know that. Since you're changing your argument yet again, I think we're done here.

Green belt?