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theoldman

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2. I always suspected that most small businesses only had a few employees.

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 07:49 PM

Nov 2012

If these small businesses had a few more customers, they would hire more employees. If you do the math, 1,000,000 small business owners hiring one or two people would reduce the unemployment rate much faster than a few large companies each hiring a hundred people.

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As a tax preparer, soon to be retired, I have done a bunch of business tax returns over the [View all] WCGreen Nov 2012 OP

Wonderful expression. My Uncle (4th grade) started a small business that survived, perhaps 80-90% jody Nov 2012 #1

I did that with my dad. He was a John Henry Tool and Die maker who WCGreen Nov 2012 #4

We lost people like your dad and government insists on dumbing down education to prevent more like jody Nov 2012 #5

I always suspected that most small businesses only had a few employees. theoldman Nov 2012 #2

I think what Mitt sees as small business really isn't. CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2012 #3

Can you explain the whole Obama Care bill and its relationship to small business? n/t thanks. busterbrown Nov 2012 #6

for biz with only a few employees......nothing will change n/t NMDemDist2 Nov 2012 #7

Thanks. How about big business? Don't the tax breaks make it a break even situation? busterbrown Nov 2012 #8