Huckabee full of shit on Fox

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Okay Sponge I'll try to talk sweetly so Jack won't come on another thread and call me an asshole.

First off, let it be known that I am as disgusted as anyone with the state of our country.

I cannot specifically speak for the pizza business, but in general EVERYONE is dispensable. Any business, top to bottom, everyone can be replaced. I think most people here would agree with that. Just because they had 40+ employees doesn't mean they need every one of them. Speaking from experience as a small business owner, our practice works much more efficiently when we are a little short-staffed because everyone chips in and no one can hide. When we have too many hands on deck it's easier for some of the staff to hide in the shadows and push off work to other people. You've got it backwards. The more employees a business has the easier it is to cut some of them. Who can truly afford to cut 10 employees and still function? A business with 15 people or 100? The answer is pretty obvious, you're wrong on that.

Now, regarding Obama and his plan with small businesses. Sure, this tax increase will hit people making over 250k. Fine, i'll give you the point that these people can afford to pay a few more % to help out our country. To me that's fine.

What I am NOT okay with is paying 54.9% of my income to tax. That is NOT American!. Really how can anyone here think it is fair to pay 55% to uncle sam? Obama plans to raise the top tax bracket to 39.6% and uncap social security/medicare from 2.9 to 15.3%...totalling a whopping 54.9% tax rate for small business owners.

You are very naive to think that this won't affect workers at small businesses. At the end of the day the person whose name is on the loan is responsible and employees may take the hit. Really buddy, I'm sick of things and if Obama is the man to fix it, then great let's do it. But taxing small business 55% really is going to create some big, big problems.

To think all of this and that could be avoided if -IF some of these oil companies(BIG COMPANIES- that can afford a few million-along with people like Warren Buffet and Oprah Winfrey, and Anhieser Bush) that have been making extraordinary profits for the last few years would just step up to the plate and do the American thing and donate a few million which would eventually lead to a few billion of unreturnable monies we could be out of this mess, as well as McCain giving the secret to catching Bin Laden(as he claims he knows how to do) give that to the military that cant seem to do anything with the 10 billion a month we are using when an old guy has all the answers locked in his head for months now...we could also use that 10 billion a month to help get us out of this jam. Sounds dumb, maybe but giving people who have faultered and and failed us 770 billion to try to fix the problem was absolutely the wrong idea, and pouring all this money (invisible money) out there to create more debt only means we will have to get or take the money from somewhere. Currently under this administration I personally know 4 small business owners that have went under do o the line of work driving big rigs, cost of fuel has made it impossible to afford repairs and maintanence on the vehicles when the pay doesnt increase but the fuel does over 200%, nobodies screaming bloody murder for that group of unfortunate business owners, so I guess if the "small business" owners cant hack the tax hikes they should go fill out a few apps like those that have been put out of business by these astronomical fuel and gas prices. The string will find a way to survive the rest will complain and play the blame game. Best of luck to all of you who run a small business, its hard no matter who wins this election.