
Originally Posted by
jimboe7373
You're being extremely silly Eric. How do you possibly infer I am suggesting people can open a business for under $500 and be part of the 1%???? that's stupid. What I am saying is that ANYONE can instead of wasting time reading and focusing about how bad things ARE SUPPOSED to be can for a very small investment have a legitimate shot at becoming independent of many of those factors- no, they will not become part of the 1% but they will have a much better shot at improving their lives and remove a lot of the powerlessness that comes with being tossed around by economic and political factors outside your control.
America's highest productivity came at times with taxes much higher than the ones we will be experiencing. Even with the increased taxes on small business, deductions and other incentives will make small business income much less taxable than earned income. There are hundreds of small businesses that require almost no experience and are simple to do with extremely small investment. There are agencies like S.C.O.R.E. that provide unlimited free business advice doled out by former executives.
Yes Eric, including high school drop-outs and single-moms. There are millions of both categories who have started successful businesses in the past. It's never been easier or cheaper to do so than it is today. Do you really think it that improbablefor a single-mom to start a business like this:
GIFT BASKETS. This is one of the hottest product-oriented home businesses around. You don't have to make the wicker baskets yourself (check your Yellow Pages for a supplier), but it is up to your taste and imagination to fill them with tempting goodies. Create baskets for all occasions--birthdays, anniversaries, retirements, births, Mother's and Father's Day, Valentine's Day--or no occasion at all; "I Miss You" gift basket. Find suppliers who will sell the items in quantity for the best price. Put a variety of food items in the basket along with small gifts appropriate to the occasion: satin hearts for Valentine's Day; a rattle, baby birth (gift baskets don't always have to contain food) champagne for anniversaries, etc. Resources: Success With Gift Baskets.
Your post is quite ironic coming from someone who's tagline is: "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena... who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither.
Teddy Roosevelt"
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