Comments for Small Business: The Source of the Vast Majority of Job Losses at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.cepr.net Sun, 19 May 2013 03:34:49 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/small-business-the-source-of-the-vast-majority-of-job-losses#comment-1682 Not disagreeing with the criticism of calling this a jobs bill, at least with the implication of short term stimulus-type jobs, but don't all large businesses start as small businesses? So isn't supporting the viability of, and encouraging new, small businesses a reasonable route to lead to the formation of more large employers in the long run, and thus to more jobs in the long run? - Melissa Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:05:11 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/small-business-the-source-of-the-vast-majority-of-job-losses#comment-1655 As a small business owner I appreciate tax breaks as much as anyone else. And I appreciate low-cost loans when I need to borrow money. But calling this package of stale ideas a "jobs bill" is a cruel joke on everyone. If this is the best the government can do, they should just give it up and hold a press conference leveling with the American people: "We are not willing to do anything to put people back to work. So enjoy your time off. We'll be here in Washington arguing about the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin and playing with ourselves." - Queen of Sheba Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:48:29 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/small-business-the-source-of-the-vast-majority-of-job-losses#comment-1652 Yeah, small businesses don't provide half as many jobs as unions or Harvard economists. What losers. - Some Smart Alec Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:28:41 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/small-business-the-source-of-the-vast-majority-of-job-losses#comment-1643 Yes, small is so beautiful, as long understood by hard core libertarians who know that society, government, businesses and institutions don't exist, because they're mere summations of individuals with positive and negative freedoms. That's also why government cannot produce anything and taxing corporations is double taxation. Then the libertarians jump into their tax discounted Hummers sitting on tax subsidized farms, loaded with negative externality guns, drive on government provided roads using subsidized gas while consuming government cleaned air and water, on their way to a Teabagger meeting to profess the virtues of how much their one-employee small business adds true private value to the economy and is struggling valiantly to survive the onslaught of socialism. Meanwhile, the real small people, labor and businesses trying to break free from the circular stranglehold of big corporations and the ultra rich continue to get the shaft, insulted as freeloading freeriding bloodsuckers who dare challenge the nanny state that keeps the rich richer and the poor poorer. - izzatzo Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:53:58 +0100