If you believe in Polls, here one to consider :
According to a poll cited by Gartner, when asked “Do you think that starting a new business is a respected occupation in your community?”, 91% of Americans polled said yes vs. 28% of British and 8% of Japanese respondents.
As an aside -— has anyone in this forum bothered to look at some of those “Start Your Own Small Business” magazines lately ? ( e.g. INC, ENTREPRENEUR, etc. ). Those pages are filled with offers for you to “work at home and start taking your life back” ( or so the ad goes ). Even on Rush Limbaugh and other talk shows in this country, we got ad after ad inviting people to start their own business using their “proven” and “guaranteed” “turnkey” ( common key words I’ve heard over and over again ) method.
Just wonder how many actually have been profitable after they responded to these advertisements.
I wonder how many of these ads would be taken seriously in Europe or Japan...
That poll sounds fairly accurate but while the American people are going away from Leftism those in big government and big business are running toward it at a faster and faster rate.