Posted by
Juwar74 on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 10:00:56 AM
I have a small business. I make good money, which is why I have some time during the day to blog. I read a lot of right wing blogs because I just need to vent. I am convince that the conservative bloggers on this site who discuss economic matters do not use basic mathematics and common sense. They are so steep in ideologue and shady philosophy that it clouds their judgment.
I was reading a blog where one neocon attack Obama's economic plan, calling it a Marxist, radical, socialist, blah, blah, blah...He said so much crap I just had to ask where he got his degree in economics from. Anyway, his rhetoric was basically that government will steal from the rich and give to the poor, although he used more erudite phrases to give the impression that he was educated instead of just regurgitating right wing talking points--"redistribution of resources" "socialist hijacking". It was sad.
As a business owner, I have no problem paying my taxes. I believe if I don't pay my fair share, in the long term, things will get ugly for the country. This doesn't mean that I'm a bleeding heart. I have fired people who were incompetent, but in the grander scheme of things if I didn't pay my share, many citizens will suffer.
When I hear neocons say things like "why should businesses and the wealthy shell out all this money for taxes" I think, do they really understand where the money is coming from? Do they really think how some businesses and the wealthy got their money? They didn't get it out of the sky. They got it from their customers. I did.
As a business person who depends heavily customers, I am always concern about unemployment rates. If people have no money to spend, then I don't make money at all. If I don't make money, I am a very unhappy man.
As a business person, I also don't care where people get their money from, whether they get it from rebate checks from the government, their jobs, their entitlements, their savings, or whereever, which is why a Democratic president or a Republican president doesn't scare me. I will always make my money as long as I am good at what I do.
So I am voting for Obama this year, mainly because the Republicans have destroy the middle class's disposable income. This is definitely bad for my business. I need people to spend their money so I can make it. I have to honestly say that I have lost customers due to Bush-Republican economics. I almost went out of business at one point.
I say so what if Obama takes a little more from me for taxes. I see in the long run that this money will be given to the people who are more willing to spend it, and if they spend money, I am happy.