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It is Romney and not Obama that is going to raise taxes on small business? Really? Has anyone looked at the number of tax increases scheduled to hit January 1st as things stand right now? Did anyone read the article from the recent International Franchisers convention in DC? A big KFC operator...

Amazing that we keep hearing about these things. Don’t people do any checking at all before they buy? There are several companies that consistently have good reports… so why go with these clowns that regularly have issues? Some companies, like Firefly, started out pretty good. Good service and...

Re: I’m tired of hearing about the bad job market… by bodegahwy » Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:00 am “I have been reading about his plans and goals and none of them are going to help us… Every country that has followed this path has seen its citizens lose their freedoms via Socialism, Marxism or some...

We are having the same experiences. Most people would rather be on the government dole and that is the goal of the government of course. The more people that are dependent on the government the more they will control our lives. If Obama gets in again things are going to be much worse. I have...

Welcome to the FireFly and Granbury world. Lousy service, whether you have a maintenance contract or not, although they require contracts for every one now. Not that it makes any difference to the service. No need to go into the details because they have been well covered in the forum over the...

Government oversight of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac has obviously been lacking, but the congressional record clearly shows that any attempt to reign in these GSEs (government sponsored enterprise) has been vigorously opposed primarily by one party. (The concern was that they were taking on too many...

I hated to leave this thread a few days ago but our locations, for some reason, have been unusually busy. We have a combination concept with pizza being one side. And every night I head home tired, as we all do, and I am thinking I am so grateful for the business and the opportunity to be this...

lol - doesn’t look like capitalism is working too well either right now. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Point taken but I suspect it is not that capitalism is not working. What is happening is not capitalism. Today’s crisis was not caused by capitalism it was caused by...

Wa Dave…Maybe you have a point about starting the thread and I thought about that but does it not strike to the heart of things that we face as restaurant operators? If do not try to turn the tide of events we are all going to be in trouble. I have read your posts about all the labor problems...

Sounds like something out of Atlas Shrugged Come to Vermont! “The Welfare State”. I can’t get anyone to work more than 29 hours because it will affect their benefits! ATLAS SHRUGGED, should be a must read for every student in school. Most would probably ban it. I used to pay my kids when they...

Re: College professor and the dumb vote Now that is an interesting theory and so surprising coming from a college professor. But I am wondering if we are bypassing the “root cause” issue again here. Somebody said a few years ago that the greatest failing of our schools is that they are teaching...

"I’ve always said, We should have these people “Fixed”, so they can no longer take advantage of the system. Tie the tubes, and vasectomies. Think of all the money this country would save…" Just like with the bailout, ya gotta go to the root cause and these people are not at the root; they are...

Just have to vent here. Two situations. (1) the police came into one of our stores to check on an employee. Turns out the employee was an illegal using the soc security number of someone else. We thought it was odd that the police, nor anybody else said anything about the situation or contacted...

Only 17 pirates today? I just read somewhere that there was a real problem with pirates taking over freighters I think somewhere near Indonesia. Had to be more than 17.

You might try contacting tommyknowspizza who used to post here. He seemed to very successful at getting his places going on a shoestring. I was impressed with his ability to achieve a profit on low sales and ROI. He reduced his downside risk significantly.

What a great story! There are so many things to take from it that we can use in our businesses. Thanks! McKay said he gave this info to about 50 other cabbies and he saw only two do anything with it. They say that only 10% of the people are successful and the rest of us just muddle a long, or...

There might be another factor at work in some cases. When times are good, as they have been the last few years, there are people who get into business who should not. Perhaps thinly capitalized and perhaps poor operators but they survive because times are good. When things get a little tougher...

I also exchanged a few emails with Otis. I was just thinking about him Thursday night and resolved to contact him to find out where he had been. I go to Tucson on business once or twice a year from Orange County and go right by his winter place in AZ and had planned to stop in Sept when I hoped...

I know you undoubtedly must be tired and it is a strain but as I was reading your post my mind went to two thoughts. One, my father admonished me once when I was younger and in business. I was complaining about the hours and the lack of days off, etc. He said never complain about too much...

Hey, GMAC, every generation seems to have said that about the following generation. (However, that does not mean you are wrong. I share the same opinion and am rarely wrong! ) dewar… Loved the Eller quote. I know that each generation somewhat disdains the succeeding generation in some fashion...