Posted on 07/16/2012 3:06:09 PM PDT by Biggirl
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and to think religion wants tax deductions when we ,your government, have more severe needs for the common good.
Entrepreneurs are America’s job creators. According to the Small Business Administration, from 2003 to 2004 companies with less than 20 employees created roughly 1.6 million net new jobs. Companies with 20 to 499 employees created around 275,000 net new jobs.
The University of Michigan and Florida International University study entrepreneurial activity in America. The metric they use is the number of people who start new businesses or manage firms less than four years old. In 2005, they reported that 23 million people were in this category. Some of the demographics of this group are interesting:
• 18- to 34-year-olds account for about 44 percent of new firm creations.
• 57 percent of those starting a new business have high school education.
• Only 23 percent have finished college.
Entrepreneurs are the risk-takers in America who know that they are bucking long odds in pursuing their dream.
The entrepreneur is the embodiment of the American spirit and validation of the American dream.
excerpted from newgeography.com
Danke...I bookmarked the site
the idiot has never actually worked in his life - nor have the welfare queens - they do NOT believe ANYONE actually does REAL work - that they wake up in the mornings instead of sleeping off a hangover
they believe its all just like their life - and no one actually works - some are just ‘lucky’ - which is ‘unfair’
there is a white wind up chicken the size of a tennis ball with a head on my desk...wind it up and let it go and it poops gum balls all over
somewhere that is funny
disclose act is to identify more targets
the democrap PARTY is filming people's homes and families
lautenberg showed EVERY COMPANY in koch industries on the senate floor - i’d take that as a threat
exempt him from the speech and debate clause and let the koch’s have recourse
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Obama has the media and entire federal govt working with him and no one has seen nasty yet. Romney was rotten to fellow Republicans in the primary, he better be ready for 10xs worse against him.
Obama won't be beat with comments like “It Stinks”.
Thank-you!
Your welcome!
outsourcing
‘with my money - you used taxpayer money and did the same’
‘i outsourced because you tax too much - we went with ge offshore’
‘my outsourcing did not keep you from accepting bain money’
felony
‘prosecute me if you can prove it’
everybody is an ad ex.....lmao
(Ha, CommieCast connection’s back.)
They love it 24x7. I’ve got a stray mother cat who just had 5 kittens in the shrubs outside my front door. I’m taking care of her and them. I’m a grandfather, again. LOL!
Okay. So everybody take a seat so I can see who wants to ask a question. And there are no — there are only a couple of rules here. Rule number one is you’ve got to raise your hand if you have a question. I’m going to call girl-boy, girl-boy — (laughter) — just to make sure that it’s fair. If you have a chance, stand up and introduce yourself. And there are folks in the audience with microphones, so wait until we’ve got a microphone so everybody can hear your question.
And my only other request, because I want to try to get in as many questions as I can — at least six or seven — so if people can keep their questions short, I’ll try to keep my answers short. (Laughter.) But, now, if you ask me how do you bring about world peace, that’s a big question. (Laughter.) So try to keep the question to one that we can be succinct about, all right?
All right, it's a woman's turn. That young lady in the white t-shirt right there — hold on, hold on, wait for the mic.
Q My name is Delisha White (ph) and I and my husband, we're small business owners. And he actually has a question that he needs to answer. (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: Well, wait. No, no, you can't do that now. (Laughter.) I called on the young lady and that's what's called a bait and switch. (Laughter.) That is what's called a bait and switch. No, the rule is that I'm going to make sure that women get equal time with men. (Applause.)
Q Well, we would like —
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, no, no, no, no. (Laughter.)
Q Okay, his question was, he is a small business owner and he wanted to know what can you do for the self-employed — for self-employed businesses with less than 10 employees working with him.
THE PRESIDENT: Okay, here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to let him go ahead and ask his question. (Laughter.) And then, I'm going to call on two women in a row. (Applause.) Because this is — we got cheated here. (Laughter.)
Go ahead. Next time, you stand up. Don't send your wife out first. (Laughter and applause.)
Q Okay, I'm Tony White and hello, Mr. President.
THE PRESIDENT: Good to see you, Tony. What kind of business do you have?
Q A barbershop and beauty salon.
THE PRESIDENT: There you go.
Q I've been in business for over 10 years now.
THE PRESIDENT: That's great.
Q And what I'm trying to find out is what will you be doing, or if there's anything you'll be doing, for the self-employed and businesses with employees — with less than 10 employees.
THE PRESIDENT: Absolutely.
Q And also, when can I cut your hair? (Laughter and applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Well, first of all, let me answer the second question first. You know that you would not want a President who is disloyal to his barber. (Laughter and applause.) I mean, a man and his barber, that's a strong connection. (Laughter.)
Q I know, I know.
THE PRESIDENT: So I am not going to let you cut my hair because my barber would be hurt. (Laughter.)
Q Just one time, just once. (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: Maybe I’ll let you give me a line — a little bit.
Q Yeah, yeah, we can do that. (Laughter.)
All right, last question. I promised — no, I’m going to call on this young lady right here. This is the last question, and we got to get a mic to her. But it’s nice to see you, young man. (Laughter.) That’s a good-looking young man, isn’t he? He’s a handsome young guy. (Laughter.) All right, go ahead.
Q Hi. My father, he’s an unemployed construction worker and he’s on unemployment. So as your job as President, will he have a job before his unemployment runs out?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, this is an important question. What’s your name?
Q Taylor.
THE PRESIDENT: Taylor. How old are you, Taylor?
Q I will be 13 in two months.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, so nice to meet you, and I’m glad you’re thinking about your dad, because I know he wants to work.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: That's my granddaughter.
THE PRESIDENT: My hope is, is that we can put him to work.
Housing took the biggest hit in our economy because you had this big housing bubble that collapsed, so the construction industry, the industry where your dad works, was the hardest hit of any industry and it’s the one that’s been the slowest to come back — which is why, since September of last year, I have urged Congress to expand our efforts to rebuild roads, bridges, schools, laying broadband lines going into rural communities — making sure that all these folks, like your father, who want to work — these aren’t folks who are looking for a handout, they want to be on the job — so that they have an opportunity to do work that we’re going to have to do anyway.
And this is important. How many folks here have a house and you know that you’ve got a leaky roof? Do you — you can put off patching up that leaky roof, but sooner or later, you’re going to have to patch it up. Sooner or later. And if you don't, what happens?
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Falls in.
THE PRESIDENT: It falls in. And then what happens? It’s more expensive. Same is true if you got a busted boiler. So we all have what’s called deferred maintenance. We can't always do it right away, but a lot of times, if we have an opportunity to do it, we should go ahead and do it, especially if it’s cheap.
It is cheaper now to do it than it will be later. Interest rates are low. Construction workers are out of work. Contractors are begging for work. They’ll come in on time, under budget. And so we could knock out a whole bunch of work that needs to get done for this country anyway, and put people back to work, which would grow the economy right now.
Now, so far, I have not gotten a positive response from members of Congress on the other side of the aisle. They did just pass — and this was a sign of some modest cooperation, so it makes me feel a little bit encouraged — they did just pass a transportation bill that at least wouldn’t lay off more construction workers.
But the first thing I want to do was put your dad back on the job rebuilding America. Now, if your father still doesn't get a job, though, part of what I’m also looking for is making sure that unemployment insurance is there for folks who want to work but are having trouble finding work. (Applause.)
And I want folks to be clear: Unemployment insurance — unemployment benefits, they're paid for. Your employer paid for them. Directly and indirectly, you paid for them. The idea is to have that safety net because everybody once in a while can have some bad luck.
Now, we tried to extend unemployment insurance beyond normal right after the recession hit. We were able to extend it again in 2010. It’s been harder now to get Congress to extend it further. And I don't know exactly what category your father falls in, but my bottom line is, my general view is that as long as the economy is weak and somebody is willing and able to work, and looking for work actively — which is what's required if you want to get unemployment insurance — then we should be there for them to make sure that they can pay the rent and look after their families.
And so we'll continue to negotiate with Congress to make sure that unemployment is there. But the most important thing I want to do is make sure your dad can get a job. (Applause.)
Let me just say, everybody, I am going to be back in Cincinnati. I'm going to be back in Ohio. (Applause.) I want to thank you for your attention. And I want to explicitly ask you for your support. (Applause.)
This is going to be a close election. This is going to be a close election and it is going to be an important debate. And I want everybody to understand that what I've tried to do over the last three and a half years is to keep my promises. So I promised I'd end the war in Iraq — I ended it. (Applause.) I promised that we would keep taxes low for middle-class families — I did that. (Applause.)
But the most important promise I made — some of you remember me saying this in 2008 — I said, you know I'm not a perfect man; I said, I wasn't going to be a perfect President — no President is. But what I promised you was that I would always tell you what I thought, I'd always tell you what I believed, and I would wake up every single day fighting as hard as I knew how for you. (Applause.) And you know what, I have kept that promise.
Because when I look around this room, if I see an elderly couple I think about my grandparents and everything they did for me. And when I see this young lady asking about her dad, I think about my daughters. I see myself in you. And my most important job is fighting for you and that basic American idea that if you work hard in this country, you can succeed, you can get ahead. (Applause.)
And I'm going to do everything I can, as long as I have the honor of being President, to fight for you and working families and middle-class families all across this country. (Applause.) So I hope you'll stand with me. I hope you'll work with me. Let's finish what we started, and remind the world why the United States is the great nation that it is.
God bless you and God bless the United States of America. (Applause.)
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That’s where the secret underground bunker is located.
Ooops! I spilled the beans!
I know that, Loudoun County — but he doesn’t discuss Virginia politics any more than any other place.
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