Why Does Obama Hate Small Business?
posted by Wayne Allyn Root on Mar 25, 2011
By Wayne Allyn Root, Former Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee and
Author of ³The Conscience of a Libertarian²
I¹ve started more than a dozen small businesses. For one, over $20Socialist cabal? What is the basis for this accusation?
million was invested by me and investors who believed in me. I¹ve paid payrolls, health insurance, payroll taxes, workers comp, and
unemployment insurance for hundreds of employees.
Because of that, my employees were able to pay their mortgages, buy groceries, send their kids to college, and provide for their families.
For this same small business, I spent about $50 million dollars on
things like advertising, marketing, promotion, lawyers and accountants.
That money enriched and employed thousands of others. And, that¹s just
one small business. Think of the impact that thirty million small
business owners have on the U.S. economy. No wonder we create 70% or
more of America¹s new jobs. Small businessmen and women are a far more powerful economic force than Exxon, Microsoft, GE, or WalMart.
So why do Obama and his socialist cabal hate us? Why do small
businessmen and women feel demonized and punished? Why is it Obama¹s
goal to drive us out of business?
Mug or rob me once? Maybe it¹s ignorance or a mistake. Twice? It¹s a pattern. But, coming up with ways to rob and destroy me and my
businesses on a daily basis? It¹s time to get the message. Without a
doubt, Obama and the progressive left are the enemy of small business.
Let¹s look at the facts.What about those who can't pay now, or who have already gone into
For 30 years I have been able to deduct mortgage interest from my
taxable income. Obama wants to end that. How many so-called "wealthy" taxpayers (i.e. small business owners) would no longer be able to pay
their mortgage? How many homes would go into foreclosure?
What wouldIt still would be screwed, but that started under "Free Market" Dub-ya.
happen to the housing market?
Overnight every home in America would loseAlready has. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/fed-americans-wealth-drop ped-40-percent/2012/06/11/gJQAlIsCVV_story.html>
40% of its already decimated value.
How many small businesses earn aIt is our right to have our day in court. If it is frivolous, the
living off of real estate? How many millions of jobs would be lost? Does this sound like a President looking to create jobs?
For 30 years FICA taxes have been based on earnings currently capped at
just over $100,000 per year. Obama wants to remove the cap, thereby
hitting small businessmen with the largest tax increase in history. Overnight a small business owner making $500,000 per year would see his
or her FICA plus Medicare taxes go from about $15,000 per year to
$75,000. That¹s $75,000 before federal or state income taxes. That¹s a $60,000 per year tax increase for a small business owner. That would
drive hundreds of thousands of small business owners out of business. It would force layoffs. It would lower consumer spending and kill more jobs.
For 30 years I ran my business without the extra taxes to pay for
Obamacare. Now we face new taxes on income, stock sales, home sales,
even on tanning beds! Worse is the provision mandating we report
annually to the IRS every vendor from whom we purchase more than $600 of goods and services during the year. The cost of complying with this Big Brother Gestapo mandate is unfathomable and threatens to drown millions
of small businesses in paperwork.
For 30 years, most small businesses could raise capital without
government permission. Obama and his socialist friends in Congress want
to change that. Last year Democratic Senator Dodd tried to pass
financial reform that included a provision increasing the amount of
money one would have to earn to be considered an ³accredited investor.²
That would reduce the angel investor pool by an estimated 70% and
require most PRIVATE businesses get permission from the SEC to raise
money. Do you know what an SEC lawyer costs? Raising capital for any new startup would suddenly cost an extra $250,000 in legal feesŠand take
months, or years, to wait in line for SEC approval. This would kill new business start-ups. Who could come up with this idea? Only a Marxist
looking to destroy the American economy, or perhaps a cabal of
extortionist lawyers looking for government to mandate obscene new legal fees. Either way, it was a ³Friend of Obama.²
For 30 years I ran my businesses without the White House being in partnership with the American Bar Association. Now Obama has found a way
to encourage every lawsuit junkie and disgruntled employee to make up a story and sue their boss. Every caller to the White House alleging their boss has broken the law now gets assigned a lawyer willing to work for contingency (no fees up front). Say goodbye to American business...and goodbye to jobs.
Keep in mind that all those new taxes and regulations mentioned aboveAnd your deregulation nearly crashed the economy.
are aimed at people who risk their own money to start businesses. Collectively we risk trillions. Our courage and capitalism fuels the
economy and creates over 70% of new jobs.
Our taxes pay for governmentOnly thing obscene is that Wall Street bank knowingly sold crap
and all those government employees with their obscene pensions.
RunningIn truth it appears to be capitalisms plan to destroy democracy. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcrLTYw4xWU> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA736oK9FPg>
a business often requires working sixteen-hour days and is the hardest
thing you¹ll ever do. If our reward for all this risk, sacrifice and
work ethic is to be punished and demonized, why would we keep doing it?
This is no mistake or coincidence. This is a purposeful plan to destroy capitalism.
And the best way to destroy capitalism is to destroy small
business. Obama is trying to redistribute our wealth and create a jobs crisis. He can¹t stand that we small business owners don¹t need or want government to save us. So he¹s out to ruin our businesses, and bring us
to our knees begging for government to help. And as a bonus, he gets to
wipe out the biggest contributors to conservative causes -- small
business. In other words, killing small business wipes out Obama¹s
political opposition.
Yes, ladies and gentleman, we have met the enemy of small businessŠand
he resides in the White House.
Wayne Allyn Root is a former Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee. He1% of imported food is inspected. Do you want domestic food inspected
now serves as Chairman of the Libertarian National Congressional
Committee. He is the best-selling author of "The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gold &
Tax Cuts." His web site: www.ROOTforAmerica.com
In article<k037tt$rmq$22@dont-email.me>,
the green flash<just@sun.set> wrote:
Why Does Obama Hate Small Business?
posted by Wayne Allyn Root on Mar 25, 2011
By Wayne Allyn Root, Former Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee and
Author of ³The Conscience of a Libertarian²
Ya know this sounds good
Do you STILL beat your wife?
On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:33:41 -0400, "Freedom Man"
<freespeech@4eva.com> wrote:
Do you STILL beat your wife?Do you still suck your wifes dick?
"In my humble opinion, the petty carping levied against Bush by
the Democrats proves again, it is better to have your eye plucked
out by an eagle than to be nibbled to death by ducks." - Norman
Liebmann
On 8/10/2012 4:25 PM, Billy wrote:
In article<k037tt$rmq$22@dont-email.me>,
the green flash<just@sun.set> wrote:
Why Does Obama Hate Small Business?
posted by Wayne Allyn Root on Mar 25, 2011
By Wayne Allyn Root, Former Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee and
Author of 3The Conscience of a Libertarian2
Ya know this sounds good
Yes it does.
Why Does Obama Hate Small Business?
posted by Wayne Allyn Root on Mar 25, 2011
By Wayne Allyn Root, Former Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee and
Author of ³The Conscience of a Libertarian²
I¹ve started more than a dozen small businesses. For one, over $20
million was invested by me and investors who believed in me. I¹ve paid payrolls, health insurance, payroll taxes, workers comp, and
unemployment insurance for hundreds of employees.
Because of that, my employees were able to pay their mortgages, buy groceries, send their kids to college, and provide for their families.
For this same small business, I spent about $50 million dollars on
things like advertising, marketing, promotion, lawyers and accountants.
That money enriched and employed thousands of others. And, that¹s just
one small business. Think of the impact that thirty million small
business owners have on the U.S. economy. No wonder we create 70% or
more of America¹s new jobs. Small businessmen and women are a far more powerful economic force than Exxon, Microsoft, GE, or WalMart.
So why do Obama and his socialist cabal hate us? Why do small
businessmen and women feel demonized and punished? Why is it Obama¹s
goal to drive us out of business?
Mug or rob me once? Maybe it¹s ignorance or a mistake. Twice? It¹s a pattern. But, coming up with ways to rob and destroy me and my
businesses on a daily basis? It¹s time to get the message. Without a
doubt, Obama and the progressive left are the enemy of small business.
Let¹s look at the facts.
For 30 years I have been able to deduct mortgage interest from my
taxable income. Obama wants to end that. How many so-called "wealthy" taxpayers (i.e. small business owners) would no longer be able to pay
their mortgage? How many homes would go into foreclosure? What would
happen to the housing market? Overnight every home in America would lose
40% of its already decimated value. How many small businesses earn a
living off of real estate? How many millions of jobs would be lost? Does this sound like a President looking to create jobs?
For 30 years FICA taxes have been based on earnings currently capped at
just over $100,000 per year. Obama wants to remove the cap, thereby
hitting small businessmen with the largest tax increase in history. Overnight a small business owner making $500,000 per year would see his
or her FICA plus Medicare taxes go from about $15,000 per year to
$75,000. That¹s $75,000 before federal or state income taxes. That¹s a $60,000 per year tax increase for a small business owner. That would
drive hundreds of thousands of small business owners out of business. It would force layoffs. It would lower consumer spending and kill more jobs.
For 30 years I ran my business without the extra taxes to pay for
Obamacare. Now we face new taxes on income, stock sales, home sales,
even on tanning beds! Worse is the provision mandating we report
annually to the IRS every vendor from whom we purchase more than $600 of goods and services during the year. The cost of complying with this Big Brother Gestapo mandate is unfathomable and threatens to drown millions
of small businesses in paperwork.
For 30 years, most small businesses could raise capital without
government permission. Obama and his socialist friends in Congress want
to change that. Last year Democratic Senator Dodd tried to pass
financial reform that included a provision increasing the amount of
money one would have to earn to be considered an ³accredited investor.²
That would reduce the angel investor pool by an estimated 70% and
require most PRIVATE businesses get permission from the SEC to raise
money. Do you know what an SEC lawyer costs? Raising capital for any new startup would suddenly cost an extra $250,000 in legal feesŠand take
months, or years, to wait in line for SEC approval. This would kill new business start-ups. Who could come up with this idea? Only a Marxist
looking to destroy the American economy, or perhaps a cabal of
extortionist lawyers looking for government to mandate obscene new legal fees. Either way, it was a ³Friend of Obama.²
For 30 years I ran my businesses without the White House being in partnership with the American Bar Association. Now Obama has found a way
to encourage every lawsuit junkie and disgruntled employee to make up a story and sue their boss. Every caller to the White House alleging their boss has broken the law now gets assigned a lawyer willing to work for contingency (no fees up front). Say goodbye to American business...and goodbye to jobs.
Keep in mind that all those new taxes and regulations mentioned above
are aimed at people who risk their own money to start businesses. Collectively we risk trillions. Our courage and capitalism fuels the
economy and creates over 70% of new jobs. Our taxes pay for government
and all those government employees with their obscene pensions. Running
a business often requires working sixteen-hour days and is the hardest
thing you¹ll ever do. If our reward for all this risk, sacrifice and
work ethic is to be punished and demonized, why would we keep doing it?
This is no mistake or coincidence. This is a purposeful plan to destroy capitalism. And the best way to destroy capitalism is to destroy small business. Obama is trying to redistribute our wealth and create a jobs crisis. He can¹t stand that we small business owners don¹t need or want government to save us. So he¹s out to ruin our businesses, and bring us
to our knees begging for government to help. And as a bonus, he gets to
wipe out the biggest contributors to conservative causes -- small
business. In other words, killing small business wipes out Obama¹s
political opposition.
Yes, ladies and gentleman, we have met the enemy of small businessŠand
he resides in the White House.
Wayne Allyn Root is a former Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee. He
now serves as Chairman of the Libertarian National Congressional
Committee. He is the best-selling author of "The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gold &
Tax Cuts." His web site: www.ROOTforAmerica.com
In article<k043en$835$1@dont-email.me>, Bye Bye Glove<ok@s.ic> wrote:
On 8/10/2012 4:25 PM, Billy wrote:
In article<k037tt$rmq$22@dont-email.me>,
the green flash<just@sun.set> wrote:
Why Does Obama Hate Small Business?
Because like individual citizens, they can't spread money around like investment banks, and corporations.
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