Quote Originally Posted by Koga No Goshi View Post
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.
Of course they take advantage of many of the incentives and loans and tax breaks but how often are cities bending over to lure a small business into their area or to keep them in their area? Or legislators listening to the needs of a company that’s entire sales for the year isn’t enough to pay for their next reelection campaign. I bet if you add up all the small business loans they wouldn’t equal the top 5 bankruptcy cases.

Small business success is based on their quality/pay/consumer confidence and whatever. Blow a job because of poor quality or loose a couple key employees due to poor pay and the company could struggle or even fall. The upside is that if they do fall they can’t fall far and there is always another small company there in the wings, ready to take over.