The other 10% are businesses that are profiting and growing off the actual pain people are feeling from the Obama administration or benefiting from the general sour feelings and mood of the country.

Speaking only for myself, I am working with both those types of business… “and cousin… business is a boom’n”

I hope to make up for a couple of ex-wives in the next three years.*

*Yes, sometimes I feel guilty profiting from the malfeasance that is Obama. But not all the time.

Domination of the government by far-left Democrats bent on destroying capitalism.

Frankly, one would be a bit daft to plan a major investment in material or people with the uncertainty of how long it will be before we run these radicals off.

Like Rick Perry in Texas. And we will keep fighting Obama as long as he is in office. We don’t need his version of “bi-partisianship”.

Let Kalifornia & New Yawk sign their death warrants. As long as they keep supporting “progressive” politicians they will never turn it around.

Obama himself said the reason businesses aren’t hiring is because teh eeevil Wall street types and bankers won’t lend money. It has nothing to do with an uncertain business environment. Why, everyone (on the left apparently) knows businesses have to borrow in order to be able to hire workers, improve product, and expand facilities rather than do so with their profits, which everyone knows the execs just pocket…..

OK, even I find that bit of snark to be ridiculous. Sadly, it does seem to be what this O-ministration believes.

A rumor went around where I work that the Japanese executives at my company weren’t too happy with how the election turned out. They apparently paid attention to what Obama said during the campaign about cap and trade, other new regulations on industry, and throwing his early support behind it. And now there’s this witch hunt against Toyota. I tend to put more stock in that rumor day by day.

No, Erick, Toyota is not alone, and I have a real fear for my job. Toyota is around 70% of our business. If they do take their assembly pants back overseas naturally their suppliers here will have to go with them.

Hmm, wonder if I can learn Japanese at my age…

Nah, I’ just look for one of them gubmint jobs, learn to speak bureaucrat-ese, and be a conservative infiltrator. After all, every place of business has to have at least one disgruntled employee.

19% Flat income tax, 19% Corporate tax, NO TAX on DIVIDEND INCOME! (what a way to take your paycheck at the end of the year!)

1. Did you vote for Obama?

2. Did you vote for Democrat candidates for your state?

In the state of Texas, my prediction on the governor race would be between Bill White and Rick Perry. Bill White comes off as a conservative Democrat but after Obama’s and the Democrats’ performance in the last 3 years, I really don’t want a Democrat to be our governor.

Ed Morrissey is right about a strong conservative majority with a progressive minority. Each and every member in Congress must firmly believe in the first and conservative principles in order to take back our own government. The majority of the Americans must believe in the first principles in order to become an effective “governed” that will agree to consent with the federal government’s actions or continue to be complacent.

I know sooo many who have buyers remorse on this…….prez. I ask them, did you not hear the words comin’ out of his mouth????? Good grief! IDIOTS! The above questions one and two should be asked to EVERYONE who complains about business. Here in Oklahoma, even the welfare recipients aren’t buyin’ our stuff. Our stuff is Cheetos! Guess tripe is more gooder than the orange stuff huh? Anyway, if I neede one, I’d go buy Another toyota ‘cuz I ain’t buying gubmit (love that) cars.

My part of the state is dead like a five day old fish. It won’t come back for years. In 2005 life was good. Now the real unemployment is hovering around 20%. Obama’s policies (and GWB’s to be honest) blew up our economy. The problem is that people are afraid to do anything or spend money and I don’t blame them.

Three years of this mess will be like pouring cement over our already dirt covered graves. Great.

This administration has been a disaster for business, large and small, with exception only for the crony chosen (like Goldman). It’s not so much what has been done. It is the threat of what they want to do.

After 29 years running a small business in Texas, this is the first time I have really questioned the future. Even in ’86, when oil, banks, agriculture and real estate collapsed at the same time, I could see the way out (Reagan).

This is one small businessman who will not be adding locations or any employees any time soon and maybe never. Even though we have the ability to move forward, it may be time to hang it up and focus on all things political . . .

We either have global competition or we don’t.

Global competition INCLUDES competition between governments and taxes, regulation etc…

People who run businesses can tolerate only so much, when a government over reaches they’ll find out how rapidly outsourcing CHANGE can come about by the private sector.

BHO and the Democrat majority are using this like a sludge hammer to dismantle the US capitalist economy. They are chasing jobs from the greatest innovation engine in the world (the US) to everywhere else. It is the plan for ONE world redistribution of wealth.

that I can’t buy a pair shoes, or a shirt, or a toaster or refrigerator in America?

that I can’t buy a pair of shoes or a shirt or a toaster or a refrigerator or washing machine that is made in America?

The below was sent to the S.F. Examiner in response to a piece noting that certain industrialists were no on-board with Obama.

Editor:

The left would have us believe that Hitler and Mussolini were men of the right. Both leaders were in fact national socialists, branded by the Stalinists as “fascists” so as to differentiate that brand of socialism.

Yes, the industrialists supported the fascists. This was a “if you are not at our table, you are on the menu” sort of thing. The T. Carney piece states that certain of our industrialists are having a second thoughts about the Obama agenda (Examiner, Feb. 19). Too bad principle is not the prime motivator.

Paul Burton
San Francisco,
02/20/10

The atmosphere in both Illinois and in the rest of the USA is so anti-business that I would never open a new business and I am seriously considering moving my existing business across the river to Missouri which has much lower taxes and a more business friendly attitude towards business. If I should happen to lose the election to Congress, I will definitely move the business and my husband is now considering selling our home (which in a housing decline has mysteriously increased 35K in assessed value) because the taxes are so outrageously high. I don’t live in St. Clair county because the taxes are 50% higher there than what I now pay in Madison county. The people are not an open wallet for the government–CUT WASTE! Cut duplicate programs and get rid of all these social programs–the government isn’t responsible for the people–the people need to be responsible!