[rant] America and corporate bailout. . .

you put this on both boards but i wont respond with the same answer as the other one.
that flag is the truth, we are all slaves held by the bonds that we and every American share! we are at a point in this country where we can not even live our lives freely! Greed, Lust, Smut, Adultery, Envy, Jealousy, Hate, and many more i see on the news daily! we are a controlled nation under an idiot who said "human beings and FISH could co exist peacefully" We have a Presidential Nominee who is likely to not be able to perform the full 4 years and his VP Candidate IS AN IDIOT, she will be used as a puppet JUST AS BUSH WAS! Corporations and money ARE the roots of evil! we must not fall for the lies and traps of our government! i would like to say more but i don't think the world has sunk to a point of no return yet so ill just end with this, Obama For Mankind! Please people elect someone SMART this time and maybe we can turn this depression around.

you spelled adding wrong 
talk to me once you've passed 1st grade lil' 8 year old. go eat your fruit loops, grown ups are talking now.

wtf? ok, to start off Obama is talking about your NET INCOME not your overall! who the hell do you know that has a NET, that's right NET INCOME!!!, income of over 250,00? dude if your NETTING over 250,000 you are freakin rich! In my business we make over a million a year combine, and we only net around 70,000. just by how much you know, i can say you are NOT a small business owner, in fact you may not even be smart! i really don't care if this gets locked now, but you honestly are an ignorant person. hey, you know that HUGE ass company Nike? well turns out they netted 1,883,400 dollars this year. now lets take a look, Nike is gigantic and GLOBAL and they net about 2 million. now i have ONE location in New York, how the hell could you possibly say that i net 1/8th of Nike? that's like saying I make 1/8th of the amount of money as Nike! learn about the world outside of your own and what REAL people have to do and not SHELTERED people like yourself who's mommy and daddy probably buy and bought everything for them! oh by the way, Nike main 6 billion dollars this year.

thats it, your ignorance has gone to the point where you all disgust me!
please thread lock

wow, no wonder you only net 70 grand a year, you're just a moron.  Perhaps you need to go back to school again and learn how to balance your book a little better and make your business a bit more successful.

I know what Net Income is you imbicile.  Let me tell you something, if you made over A MILLION  dollars and only establised a net of 70 grand that means that you threw out $930,000 in expenses.  You pretty much fail as a business owner.

I wasn't born with the silver spoon thanks.  I love how the person who accuses someone was born with the silver soon in their mouth is the same person who owns their own business.  I wish I had the money to start up my own business.

Your problem is you think your little shop is the only thing classified as "small business".  Take this for example, it may be a site you are or are not familiar with...the small business administration...

http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/sba_homepage/serv_sstd_tablepdf.pdf

Look at ALL those industries that are classified as small buisness and make over 250K.  When they get a 30% increase on their taxes, what the hell do you think will be the first thing to go.  You being a small business owner should know that employyes are the costliest thing you have.  Employee cuts will be the first thing to offset the burden.  It is simple logic, now I see why your business is doing so poorly.

O, and you are wrong about Nike (not surprisngly).  Another reason I can see you can't run your own business, you can't even read a damn balance sheet correctly.  They didn't net 2 million you dunce, they netted close to 2 BILLION SO FAR! And the year is not over.  1,883.4 is their net income so far, but thats in millions, god you are dumb.  So that equals to almost 2 billion or 1.8 billion.

http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/invsub/results/statemnt.aspx?symbol=nke

 Do you really think Nike only has 2 million in Net? lmao, sorry they know how to run a business unlike some people in this thread. Now Nike has made 18 billion in Revenue and only 2 billion in Net..You might say to me ha thats like 90% of their money they don't keep...just like me! I don't fail as a business owner.  WRONG!  Please don't try and tell me you have the same expenses in marketting and R&D (research and development) etc... You don't....you should be netting a lot more...you just fail

What kind of business are you freaking running, get yourself a business planner will ya, hell I'll do it for ya, don't know if you can afford me.

http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/invsub/results/statemnt.aspx?symbol=nke

It amazes me how stupid you are.

You have been dismissed

Guys,  any more flameouts or insults from any of you, and I'll write ALL of you up! I realize that nothing gets people more bent out of shape than someone elses political opinions, but no more insults will be tolerated. I, personally won't lock the thread, because I personally think that intelligent discussion on the future of our country is interesting,and the topic may still get locked regardless. But, like I said, cool the insults and namecalling.

Consider this a warning for all involved.

what? i never even mentioned that anywhere....