[Bob Seger]

With all do respect the statements in Bold are false statements, the US goverment is and has been getting a nice return from its investment in GM and Chrysler. Plus many people benifit in having a job at GM or Chrysler or one of their suppliers. I don't think you fully understand Lean Manufacturing, if one of the major production lines at Ford or GM is shut down for one day then the production line for a parts supplier is shut down too or they're not following the principles of Lean Manufacturing. You also speak about modern Steel Mills. Were do you think these Electric Arc Furnaces get there power? The Republicain idea of what is surposed to happen in the US Economy is "The Rich get Richer and the poor get poorer" when that's not happening they are not happy. The longest period of peace-time economic expansion was during the Bill Clinton term as president. Clinton forced the rich and the big companies to annie up and pay like they should. If a big company like Walmart puts fleet after fleet of trucks on the road each day then it is common sense that they should pay a higher tax rate than a small business because they using the infrastructure more. There percentage of use is higher so their tax-rate should be higher. Just as I have said before the economic recovery has been slow because of human nature to be lazy. After I lost my job I started my own Machine shop and my business has grown very fast and I was very thankful for the tax breaks I got from Obama's Stimulus plan. I purchased a new CNC milling Machine this past July and my plan is to move from the Paintsville area and relocate my business soon.

Please note that there is a big difference in starting a business from scratch, rather than inheriting an established business and not having to purchase very expensive milling machines as a start up venture. You did not have to venture a great deal of capital into your business. Your example is probably not the best at proving your statements. I note you did say you just invested in a CNC milling machine. You as a layed off statistic trying to find a job, would you say that you would have been able to make an intial investment of a pretty expensive piece of equiptment right off the bat, if it were not for you being basicly set up from the get go? You do have a niche business that has been lacking in this area for a while now, with little competition. IMO , all it took is for someone to work what you have had the advantage of acquiring. Truely start one from scratch with just a few nickles and dimes, build it, fight the system, fight the huge conglomates for a small piece of that pie, and you will see quickly how insurmountable the mountain can be. Obama is doing nothing but damage to the backbone of this countries econmic stucture. You are one of the lucky ones that didn't have to fight the odds.