[thecavemaster]

Unfortunately my good friend I dont fall into that category. Strictly Middle Class. If you had to face the obstacles of over regulation, over taxation, blah, blah, blah of what it takes to just keep the lights on you would understand why those even attempting to take a stab at a small business are a few and far between breed.

As far as that new fangled credit card issue dont forget to even remotely suggest that many people just simply tried to live above their means, with the convenience of just swiping a card offers. People have a way of forgetting that those charges do have to be paid back. It's sometimes called trying to keep up with the Jones'.

A 2008 report by the Government Accounting Office found that nearly 2/3 of US companies paid no corporate income taxes for at least one year between 1998 and 2005. Along with many others, I favor Congress enacting a corporate minimum tax...it is projected that 60 billion in revenue would be generated. Here's my bet: small business owners paid taxes each year in that span. The truth is, Kimball, were we to talk face to face, we'd agree on quite a bit when it comes to nurturing and protecting small businesses. I just don't believe in allowing the uber rich to use their power to control government and shape the rules in ways that redistribute income upward.