Reply #14: Mine's dead and dissolved, but...

[TreasonousBastard]

there will be another one eventually.

Since we're not all farmers or craftspeople any more, businesses are necessary to keep everyone employed and eating. Even when most people were farmers or craftspeople, traders and bankers kept things going and expanded their markets.

Just because some businesses are corrupt, useless, or otherwise overly greed-ridden doesn't mean the concept is bad.

As a Democrat, a Quaker, and a basically honest and decent person, owning a business boiled down to the same as any other job I've had-- at the beginning of day I've got some good stuff and you've got some money. At the end of the day I've got your money and you've got my stuff, and we're both a little better off.

Everything else is just the details and the hard work to get there.