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Originally Posted by Paul Markham All the time I thought you were just picking an argument because you only wanted taxes cut without think of the consequences. Why did I get that impression?

I would like to have to pay more in taxes that would mean I made more money ...

You never hear me whining about taxes but the high cost of insurance and limited bonding made me get out of the construction business.

This industry has made me a globalist and my home may have slid 35% in its paper value but my other assets have done OK. Further, our business revenue and profits are ever increasing.

However, I do realize the general economic situation and know that we will only progress with some new disruptive innovation. Clinton was oft cited in this thread and his success was due to disruptive innovation -- the computer and information revolution with much the same effects on society as the industrial revolution along with other notable historic events. Problem is these events might happen with long time periods between them.

Two steps forward on step backwards they say ...