tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post5311830009817067791..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: The Vanishing EntrepreneurRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57980703564859491082013-10-01T01:30:10.885-04:002013-10-01T01:30:10.885-04:00We will probably not be so lucky. The saber is bei...We will probably not be so lucky. The saber is being rattled daily, and nerves are on edge. I pray that peace and logic prevail, but history and simple observation of the current state of the world are not encouraging. Sad. Scary. Richard Dale Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223505358122633852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-59957743787545373692013-09-30T23:47:29.777-04:002013-09-30T23:47:29.777-04:00Watch the video, Jerry so you will no longer be ig...Watch the video, Jerry so you will no longer be ignorant, or is that a choice?Tom E. Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13425789987903796346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-19440463241798688962013-09-30T23:45:30.269-04:002013-09-30T23:45:30.269-04:00I used that video in my Introduction to Economics ...I used that video in my Introduction to Economics classes at a community college to show the effects of interventionism/fascism. Good example.Tom E. Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13425789987903796346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-2601341165482417632013-09-30T15:48:59.473-04:002013-09-30T15:48:59.473-04:0039,000 interstate traffic fatalities tell a differ...39,000 interstate traffic fatalities tell a different story, Jerry. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, gov has many of us convinced we'd all die tomorrow if they didn't steal our money and order us around.Micnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-79892073315590454942013-09-30T15:09:11.909-04:002013-09-30T15:09:11.909-04:00The problem with historical laissez faire is that ...The problem with historical laissez faire is that you have to take shysters, fraudsters and thieves to government court run by government judges and you need an expensive government licensed attorney to cut through oceans of crap. <br /><br />Further, government "regulation" of the Robber Barons came at the behest and control of the Robber Barons because they could not monopolize the Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-65454808274579167272013-09-30T14:16:06.044-04:002013-09-30T14:16:06.044-04:00Any business that hurt or sickened people (except ...Any business that hurt or sickened people (except gov't) would quickly lose customers. I do NOT need the gov't to protect me from every danger in the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-37564398705947536992013-09-30T13:49:18.918-04:002013-09-30T13:49:18.918-04:00Food and transportation are heavily regulated beca...Food and transportation are heavily regulated because history has proven that they when they are not heavily regulated, people get hurt/sick. If you want to start a business that does not endanger people, it's quite easy. Anyone who says otherwise is simply ignorant. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-91420873448984959562013-09-30T11:45:28.994-04:002013-09-30T11:45:28.994-04:00I remember sitting in a B-school continuing ed cla...I remember sitting in a B-school continuing ed classroom with a group of entrepreneurial business owners and executives. The question was asked, "What do you do if your revenues and sales begin to fall?" Responses included "lay off staff", "reduce overhead", close non-profitable operations, etc.<br /><br />It so happened that a U. S. Congressman was present in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-12492864100503755712013-09-30T11:30:50.200-04:002013-09-30T11:30:50.200-04:00And hopefully without the spasm that accompanied t...And hopefully without the spasm that accompanied the last great Fascist experiment...Capn Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08133441332228302495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-1588152282342571202013-09-30T10:42:17.229-04:002013-09-30T10:42:17.229-04:00I have several projects in the fires so to speak, ...I have several projects in the fires so to speak, aside from one core successful small business.<br /><br />A major decision point for me on whether I try a new business model is the amount of regulatory burden associated with it and whether the model will require increased interaction with gov't over time.<br /><br />If I think it does or will, I step away, most of the time. There are times Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-14094539386808109182013-09-30T10:12:39.954-04:002013-09-30T10:12:39.954-04:00And hence why our system is facist, not remotely s...And hence why our system is facist, not remotely socialist. Eventually the system will fail and the productive will take over again. M. McCraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-64732090847928775872013-09-30T09:51:25.885-04:002013-09-30T09:51:25.885-04:00One purpose of government is to protect establishe...One purpose of government is to protect established businesses. Government enforces monopolies. This is great if you are established, wealthy and politically connected. But not so good for the the vast majority of people on the bottom trying to work their way up.<br /><br />Oh... one more thing, it gets worse as time passes.Brother Thomasnoreply@blogger.com