[Henry10]

Originally Posted by DigitalMilford

Connecticut is a small company state-- Remember that often the goal of small companies is not profitability, but enhancing the wealth of the owners. (I had a professor once put it as: The goal is to steal as much wealth from the company as possible...

So your Marxist professor said that business owner is stealing from himself?

Professor has it upside down -- that small business owner is not the one stealing.

Professor himself is the thief. He is stealing taxpayer money to advance his Marxist ideology against the interest of the very people subsidize him.

Secondly, professor is also complicit in facilitating CT politicians' stealing money from the middle class and re-distributing to Democratic constituencies -- for example Bridgeport's, Waterbury's etc lumpen-proletariat.

[East of the River]

Originally Posted by HeadedWest

Survey: Connecticut ranked worst state for small businesses

We rank about midpack in actual numbers. oddly California which did awful in that survey is top of the pack for small business growth.
https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/fi...02014-15_0.pdf

That said we do need to drop a number of regulations around things like zoning, and things like the business entity tax really are anti growth.

[RunD1987]

Think CT has so many regulations in place it either helps or hurts business. Need less tax regulation, but we need less taxes in CT in general. In addition to, CT is very pro union that affects a lot of legislation passed that favors unions.

[hartford_renter]

Originally Posted by Henry10

So your Marxist professor said that business owner is stealing from himself?

Professor has it upside down -- that small business owner is not the one stealing.

Professor himself is the thief. He is stealing taxpayer money to advance his Marxist ideology against the interest of the very people subsidize him.

Secondly, professor is also complicit in facilitating CT politicians' stealing money from the middle class and re-distributing to Democratic constituencies -- for example Bridgeport's, Waterbury's etc lumpen-proletariat.

Excellent point

[RonaldusMagnus]

Originally Posted by Henry10

So your Marxist professor said that business owner is stealing from himself?

Professor has it upside down -- that small business owner is not the one stealing.

Professor himself is the thief. He is stealing taxpayer money to advance his Marxist ideology against the interest of the very people subsidize him.

Secondly, professor is also complicit in facilitating CT politicians' stealing money from the middle class and re-distributing to Democratic constituencies -- for example Bridgeport's, Waterbury's etc lumpen-proletariat.

Winner winner chicken dinner!

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by Henry10

So your Marxist professor said that business owner is stealing from himself?

Professor has it upside down -- that small business owner is not the one stealing.

Professor himself is the thief. He is stealing taxpayer money to advance his Marxist ideology against the interest of the very people subsidize him.

Secondly, professor is also complicit in facilitating CT politicians' stealing money from the middle class and re-distributing to Democratic constituencies -- for example Bridgeport's, Waterbury's etc lumpen-proletariat.

How exactly is a professor "stealing taxpayers money"? He works for a university and students pay tuition to go to that university. That tuition pays the professor's salary. This is not different than being employed elsewhere. The only tax dollars involved MAY come if the students get state or federal aid or if the university is a public institution which gets SOME public funding. Even then, how is that "Stealing"? Jay

[DigitalMilford]

Originally Posted by Henry10

So your Marxist professor said that business owner is stealing from himself?

Professor has it upside down -- that small business owner is not the one stealing.

Professor himself is the thief. He is stealing taxpayer money to advance his Marxist ideology against the interest of the very people subsidize him.

Secondly, professor is also complicit in facilitating CT politicians' stealing money from the middle class and re-distributing to Democratic constituencies -- for example Bridgeport's, Waterbury's etc lumpen-proletariat.

Well, if you take the most idiotic interpretation of what I said possible, then yes, you might see it that way.

Intelligent people would know he was simply saying to convert as much of the business assets you can in to personal wealth, and then do what you can to limit tax liability... The object of small business is not to PROFIT but to convert business assets in to personal wealth. That's not very "Marxist" is it?

The professor wasn't in Connecticut. Sometimes intelligent people attend out of state universities. Considering this was a professor at a private school, teaching in a top 25 MBA program, I doubt he was a Marxist.

Nice try though. Amazing.

[DigitalMilford]

Originally Posted by HeadedWest

Survey: Connecticut ranked worst state for small businesses

That has nothing to do with the density of small business here.

[HeadedWest]

Originally Posted by DigitalMilford

That has nothing to do with the density of small business here.

Might tell you a lot about the future of small business in the state.

[Henry10]

Originally Posted by DigitalMilford

Well, if you take the most idiotic interpretation of what I said possible, then yes, you might see it that way.

Intelligent people would know he was simply saying to convert as much of the business assets you can in to personal wealth, and then do what you can to limit tax liability... The object of small business is not to PROFIT but to convert business assets in to personal wealth. That's not very "Marxist" is it?

Not sure why people get offended when they're called "Marxist." It should really not be a stigma.

If you go beyond passions, Marx is a very important theoretist for us to understand, and very complex. He was right and wrong in many things.

Yes, private enterprise is simply a vehicle for wealth accumulation, and business-owner skins that cat in many ways.

Marx wrote that Capital's purpose is capturing of the Surplus Value. Which means -- people invest for a return. Otherwise they won't.

Every child knows this, so there is nothing new here.

It's the choice of word "steal" that I take an issue with.