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skottey said:

It is surprising when successful business owners are liberals because democrats are [FONT=&quot]notoriously[/FONT] in favor of unions, which hurt business, in favor of higher taxes for business, which hurt business, in favor of environmental restrictions, which hurt business, tighter restrictions on daily operations, free trade with the right countries, etc. Of course it surprises me that a business owner would be in bed with a party that puts more restrictions on it and taxes it higher. The answer to this though, in most cases, is that the liberal business owner gets something out of the deal. For example, a medical mal-practice attorney isn't going to like how republicans put a cap on mal-practice lawsuits, because they make less money. If they are limited to suing for $250K under a Republican backed law, and they would otherwise sue for $1M under democrats, obviously the difference in what they will make, even with the higher taxes brought on by the dems, outweighs the Republican way. So, I am of the opinion that there is usually an underlying reason for the rich businessperson to be a liberal. My first thought when finding out Charlie is a liberal is why??? Something is benefiting him to be backing Hillary.

I am a business owner, and frankly I couldn't get by without the tax breaks that I get that were brought on by Republicans. I often work 12-16 hour days between offsite and onsite and billable and non-billable hours, even on weekends. I have a technology company and must stay on top of new computer technologies in order for my business to have an edge. When it comes to tax time, I take advantage of every legitimate business break I get and it helps me keep some money in my pocket, as well as grow my business (which incidentally helps the economy).

Last spring, I had a major surgery and was told that I would probably be out of work for 3 months. Three weeks after the surgery, I was just itching to get back to work. Sure, I still hurt but I wanted to work, so I went back to work. This is me, the Republican (actually I am more libertarian , but you probably don't care). The socialist democratic liberal, working for the US Postal service for example, in his/her union, would have milked that surgery and recovery for all its worth and not gone back to work for three months or longer. Even if their body was OK with going back to work, they'd sit home and ride the couch for as long as they could. They would have been a drain on the employer and taxpayers through disability pay. Liberals have an entitlist mentality. They think the country owes them the comforts of a good life, TV and radio (subsidized PBS and NPR), health care, food, clothing, subsidized busing that loses money left and right in rural areas, subsidized daycare, etc. Nevermind hard work! I work hard and I am rewarded for it financially and in other ways. Liberals want what I have, and believe since I have it they should too. But they don't want to work for it! I know this, as I have family members with this mentality. They don't want to work and they want to drain the richer family members who work hard. Sounds a lot like this country, I know. We are becoming more and more socialist all the time. Now the liberals want national healthcare. Yeah, that will go over real well, like it is in England right now. We need to stop feeling entitled like the country owes us something and go out and earn it if we want it. Shame on all the liberals. They don't like Fox News because it is a reality check. Fox Business Network is against new taxes and business restrictions, sure, it isn't good for any business. The democrats will have you believe hogwash like unions are good for the employee. What about individuality? What about the stand out employee who busts his but to get ahead. Meanwhile you've got Joe Lazy standing next to him, in the same position, never going above and beyond or stepping outside his "job description," and he earns the same paycheck because of unions. So the hard worker sees that he won't get ahead no matter how hard he works, and he becomes lazy like Joe Lazy. Two socialists standing side by side, getting unfair raises, negotiated together, with nobody looking at their work performance as an individual. How sad. How very sad what this country is becoming with these liberals feeling like we owe them something.

Charlie- It's time to add Fox Business and kick yourself in the ass for being a liberal.

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jldhawk said:

Isn't Capitalism GREAT? we all have the freedom to choose, DirectTV or Dish Network, or your local Cable Company.
Well, at least its great for now, Until the "Fairness DOCTRINE" get's pushed through.

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