Peenie Wallie: Atlas Shrugged

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December 12, 2008

Atlas Shrugged

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/12/blame_me_for_job_losses.html

"Atlas has shrugged all over the country.

Like many business owners, we are no longer willing to take all of the financial and legal risks and put up with all of the aggravation of owning and running a business. Not with the prospects of even higher taxes, more regulation, more litigation and more emboldened bureaucrats on the horizon. Like others we know, we are getting out while the getting is, well, tolerable. Many who aren't getting out are scaling back. . . . It is no secret that owners circulated endless emails leading up to election day discussing lay off plans were Obama to win. Entrepreneurs instinctively understand the danger posed by larger liberal majorities in power. The risk-reward equation and fierce independence spirit of start up businesses are anathema to the class warfare, equality of outcome and spread the wealth mentality of the left. . . .

We got into business to be independent. We will get out for the same reason."

This is a great article. A must read. I tried to explain this to my neighbors but they obviously didn't get it as they voted for the communist. The people that they say that want to tax (people making over $250K a year) are the very same people that can control how much they earn. These aren't wage slaves cussing their boss behind his back and praying for the weekend to roll around. They're the risk-takers that drive the economy. They're independent consultants and business owners and they can every easily cut back on their work schedule. They aren't begging their boss for 3 weeks off every year. These are the people that create the jobs and drive the economy. And if you think you can just sock it to them with a massive tax increase, then you're an idiot, a socialist, or worse.

So all the capitalists are collecting their marbles and going home. Reap it, socialists.

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