Struggling Arch conservative small business owners

[Person Man]

Do these people who claim tbey make less than thier employees but like to talk about independent they are rich poor people or poor rich people?

[Person Man]

Do these people who claim tbey make less than thier employees but like to talk about independent they are rich poor people or poor rich people?

Could you try translating that again?  Maybe with a little less smug disbelief in the idea that running a successful small business is hard work?

Depends. If they're just starting up or recently self-financed large capital investments, I suppose they could be considered poor rich people, but if they've been making less than their employees for a long time, they probably only started a business because they were too incompetent to get a real job.

Interesting pov's amongst even the right, huh?

[Person Man]

It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Republican Party isn't the party of Industry and Innovation, but the party of Protectionism and Trusts. Basically what the Democratic Party basically was. And now the Democrats are the new Republicans- those who believe infrastructure (railroads, national banks ...now Healthcare reform and public transportation), science(industrialization (now biotechnology, AI, and digital media)), reduced barriers of entry and Civil Rights (Free Trade and Abolitionism (now free trade, increased public education and civil rights ) will provide Americans the path to growth.

[Person Man]

Ever since Tesla started trying to get permission to do direct selling, you've seen these people (the car dealers) come out of the woodwork when state legislatures vote.

They go on and on about how they're ENTREPRENEURS and JOB CREATORS and letting car manufacturers go around them directly to consumers is an assault on FREE ENTERPRISE.

And attacking food stamps, medicaid and other welfare programs. Which is going to help them if their business fails and they need something to help them get back on their feet?   Safety net programs or more tax cuts?

But in thier mind bigger risks always means bigger rewards. There is a flip side they spend about complacency that us Democrats (no bed wetting, no motivation) totally understand but...