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Originally Posted by jimmy-3-way
I find it hard to believe that business people are this short sighted -- the president changes every four years like clockwork. Something is ALWAYS changing yet business people are holding back on investment because they want 'stability'? I find that to be incredibly short sighted.
I was recently at a speech by a local small(-ish) businessman and he pointed out that he'd been in business for 50 years and tried to grow his business every year no matter what while administrations have come and gone.
Minte - how long have you been running your thing and how long do you plan to? Certainly more than 4 years. So how can you let something as short a a presidential administration dictate your plans?
You say you aren't going to make investments for 4 years, who are you punishing besides yourself? I respect you as a businessman but your widget factory doesn't make you John Galt.
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What is the world coming to - I agree with Jimmy 3 Way.
According to Minte it's bad to invest in the future under Obama. At the same time, he expanded his business with a new plant. Go figure.
Businesses don't look at who is in the White House and make business decisions based on this. Even if they did it wouldn't matter much; Nearly half of the population is from one party or the other so at any given time half of the business world wouldn't be interested in growing or expanding.
My wife owns a business which is based on hundreds of small customers who sign up for weekly or monthly training sessions on an hourly basis. If thirty new people suddenly sign up we hire a new instructor to handle the work load - We don't say "The White House is anti business so we'll turn down the new clients". That's fucking retarded.