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3 Responses to Could We Stamp Out Entrepreneurship in America?

1. Mike Kawula says:

   February 18, 2013 at 11:08 am

   Thanks for sharing this on Linkedin. Great points and unfortunately to true. I know several SMB owners who are at 45+ employees (but less than 50) from businesses started within the last 5-10 years. Thats on average 4-10 new employees a year and many of them are extremely concerned about future growth. Several have pulled back advertising short-term until they better understand what the cost will be on their businesses at the 50+ level.

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2. George Benson says:

   March 7, 2013 at 4:58 pm

   It would be interesting to know what the average Scandinavian earns compared to the average American. It would also be interesing to know the level of income and wealth inequality in Scandinavian countries compared to the US. It might just show that the average Scandinavian can afford to pay more taxes after being able to pay living expenses. I doubt that the average American is in that situation. However, I believe that most Americans would not shy away from paying their fair share as long as they could maintain a standard of living enjoyed by the majority of Scandinavians. Please try not to compare apples with lutefisk.

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   • John F. Dini says:

     March 7, 2013 at 5:30 pm

     Thanks George, but I don’t customarily accept research assignments. As to the assumed (meaning- without checking) erroneousness of the comment, your ripost is better sent to The Economist, whom I was quoting.

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