[meadsjn]

even if the American Dream was real in the past, it’s no longer operational today. “America has no higher rate of social mobility than medieval England or pre-industrial Sweden,”

Big-government advocates just do not understand the concept of working capital. When government takes all the profit, it is more difficult, even impossible, to grow a business, start a business, or advance economically as a family or individual.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Being an independent agent or associate of a larger company is one way around that concern. My total investment was a one-time $99.

[Smokin' Joe]

Big-government advocates just do not understand the concept of working capital. When government takes all the profit, it is more difficult, even impossible, to grow a business, start a business, or advance economically as a family or individual.

Bingo! But what did you expect from a government that is leveraged to the max?

Even when consumers get a break on gas prices, the government is first to the pump wanting to raise the tax on fuel (and, effectively, prices).