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Those people who do not want to pay taxes are not going to pay you a decent wage anymore. They pay themselves and investors. Employees are hired with minimal wages and decreasing benefits lately.
Your post is confusing. Are you referring to employers you know who cheat the IRS and pay their employees in cash only?
No, a Non sequitur thread, or should a say a wing nut nonsense thread? a business owner can be poor, bankrupt, half dead and still employ workers. for example my friend that used hi VISA card to make payroll.
utter nonsense, you invent a definition of poor that fulfills your premise. I know plenty of trades people, roofers, siding guys, concrete guys, etc that are starving right now and if they sell a job they'll have three or four guys working for them the next day... premise busted.
come down out of your ivory tower and walk among real Americans.
These people do not have a viable business, do they?
Wealthy people are the people who create jobs. Taxing them to the point they can no longer expand their companies and hire more people makes no sense to me. My BIL told me about a caller who called into Rush Limbaugh to make that very statement. He said he never worked for a poor person.
um .. Just FYI ..
There's a big difference between having money and having good credit ..
yes they do. I did as well, I installed kitchens and built additions. when i didn't have a contract I worked on my own homes to improve their value. I worked almost EVERY DAY of my life, 7 days a week.
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These people do not have a viable business, do they?
fyi, my dad, who worked as a carpenter, is missing 3 and 1/2 fingers on his right hand and worked for himself, dirt poor, seldom made enough to pay any taxes. I was hired by him plenty of times. PREMISE BUSTED
There's a big difference between having money and having good credit ..
Yes there is but how is your post sequitur to the OP? If you imply that some businesses pay employees on a credit basis, I would say that those people do not have viable businesses.
Wealthy people are the people who create jobs. Taxing them to the point they can no longer expand their companies and hire more people makes no sense to me. My BIL told me about a caller who called into Rush Limbaugh to make that very statement. He said he never worked for a poor person.
Well I didn't read all the other BS posts that probably occurred in this thread seeing as how many posted in a short time frame. I will state this as someone who has employees. When ever there is a shortfall of income that can not be absorbed by my business manpower is always in the top three for cutting expenses. Whether it be salary/benefit reductions or straight termination.
I am far from wealthy meaning not a multi millionaire. I take great pride in the fact I can create jobs and still provide income/stability for myself and family.
Every year I do as much as I can to reduce the amount of taxes I have to pay. Lots of reinvestment and lot of time with the CPA.
Hell three of my employees where able to by houses in the last two years since prices dropped so low. Those money management courses I sent them to hosted by my accountancy for all their clients and clients employees really paid off.
yes they do. I did as well, I installed kitchens and built additions. when i didn't have a contract I worked on my own homes to improve their value. I worked almost EVERY DAY of my life, 7 days a week.
Were you able to make payroll on time during this time? How many people did you employ? Did you offer benefits like paid health insurance and paid vacation to your employees?
yes they do. I did as well, I installed kitchens and built additions. when i didn't have a contract I worked on my own homes to improve their value. I worked almost EVERY DAY of my life, 7 days a week.
fyi, my dad, who worked as a carpenter, is missing 3 and 1/2 fingers on his right hand and worked for himself, dirt poor, seldom made enough to pay any taxes. I was hired by him plenty of times. PREMISE BUSTED
How is my premise busted and how did your Dad missing digits have anything to do with the OP? Did your Dad issue you a W2? Did he pay benefits for you like health insurance and paid vacation?
yes i did, my employee came first, they were paid, insurances, taxes and me last. The nice part is I had a cost plus contract with one client that paid well. one or two full time and up to 7 at times. No benefits beyond workers' comp and unemployment, but I didn't have them either. My wife carried the health insurance. about what you'd expect from a small building contractor.
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Were you able to make payroll on time during this time? How many people did you employ? Did you offer benefits like paid health insurance and paid vacation to your employees?
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