Quote Originally Posted by yesdachi View Post
Well Koga, you make some good points but only if you ignore the “small business” portion of the free market. The big guys are the ones that push for the legislative changes and the bailouts and cause all the problems and do all the cry-babying. The small businesses like $25 million and under, with less than 100 employees are the ones that ride the free market like a rodeo cowboy. Even here in Michigan where the economy sucks there are still thriving small businesses all over the place. I think that sometimes we are focused on the big headline making businesses when there is probably a dozen or more small businesses that we passed while in our car on our way to work or school today that are doing just fine and laugh and call the big guys fools for collapsing in on themselves.
Are you telling me that small business owners don't take advantage of small business loans, small business tax incentives, or other various incentive structures where they exist, if they are available?

Free market always seems to translate into = I want all the things that help me, and none of the things that hurt me or make me meet standards of quality/pay/confidence/whaever.