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<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 825602" data-attributes="member: 22662"><p>I will grant that could result in decreased numbers.&nbsp; What are the other possibilities?&nbsp; Bad management?&nbsp; Bought out?&nbsp; Merger?&nbsp; Hostile take-over?&nbsp; Not all businesses are going to exist into the forever.&nbsp; And if government were truly run as a business, what business would insist on balancing the books only on cutting spending and not raising prices?&nbsp; UPS ever do that?&nbsp; Fedex?&nbsp; I understand the myth that cutting taxes spurs economic growth, and perhaps it has for some multi-nationals, but where is it today?&nbsp; Where are all the jobs that companies were waiting to invest in?&nbsp; I think we have entered an era when businesses will extract whatever efficiencies they can from the labor and system that they have and at that point, if there is more market-share or profit to be had, they will add more labor.&nbsp; Would a 2.5% tax increase be something to consider before adding workers?&nbsp; Sure.&nbsp; But it&#039;s hardly the make or break point that we&#039;ve been told it is.&nbsp; Too many other factors.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 825602, member: 22662"] I will grant that could result in decreased numbers. What are the other possibilities? Bad management? Bought out? Merger? Hostile take-over? Not all businesses are going to exist into the forever. And if government were truly run as a business, what business would insist on balancing the books only on cutting spending and not raising prices? UPS ever do that? Fedex? I understand the myth that cutting taxes spurs economic growth, and perhaps it has for some multi-nationals, but where is it today? Where are all the jobs that companies were waiting to invest in? I think we have entered an era when businesses will extract whatever efficiencies they can from the labor and system that they have and at that point, if there is more market-share or profit to be had, they will add more labor. Would a 2.5% tax increase be something to consider before adding workers? Sure. But it's hardly the make or break point that we've been told it is. Too many other factors. [/QUOTE]

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