The Observation Deck

kate e parker wrote:unless you are john kerry, rich usually means that you are a business owner...someone who earned their money and uses said money to employ people.

if you own/run a business, tax increases mean more money out and less money to invest in hiring or expanding.

it's not rocket science.

ryan costa wrote:gee whiz. you own a business. what sort of business is it?
which of the taxes have risen or decreased for it over the last 40 years?

kate e parker wrote:

ryan costa wrote:gee whiz. you own a business. what sort of business is it?
which of the taxes have risen or decreased for it over the last 40 years?

my family owns a business. what sort? this sort....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iC0FKG3Pio&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc8VLqbn ... ontext-cha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeXfhHGL ... ontext-cha

my parents and siblings have worked very hard to keep BioP going and keep it successful, took alot of risk and made sacrifices along the way. paid our fair share every step of the way and somehow people, you included, seem to think it's ok to bleed even more out it.

gee whiz

kate e parker wrote:it's in more places than you would think, obryan.

we started out mostly in horses. tack, bridles, harnesses, etc. catered to the amish. they liked how our product was sweat resistant for their hard working horses.

rydell with football helmet chinstraps soon followed.

dog collars. guitar straps. patient restraints. baby products. belts. and on and on.

it's a great product with tons of applications.

as an aside, larry labtech is not only an employee at bioplastics for well over fifteen years, he's also a lakewood resident. as is my brother who produced and narrated the ads.

According to the updated estimates, the amount of deficit reduction from penalty payments and other effects on tax revenues under the ACA will be $5 billion more than previously estimated,” the CBO reported today. “That change primarily effects a $4 billion increase in collections from such payments by employers, a $1 billion increase in such payments by individuals, and an increase of less than $500 million in tax revenues stemming from a small reduction in employment-based coverage, which will lead to a larger share of total compensation taking the form of taxable wages and salaries and a smaller share taking the form of nontaxable health benefits.”

In short, CBO revised the Obamacare tax burden upward by $4 billion for businesses and $1 billion to $1.5 billion for individual workers.

the taxes do not impact your families' business more than any other business in its weight class in America. The Affordable Healthcare Act bill does not impact your relatives' business any more than any other business of its weight class in America. So; it is no competetive disadvantage to them.

ryan costa wrote:it would be nice to go back 90 years. but then most of the accountants and human resources specialists would have to go back to being secretaries, clerks, and bookkeepers. Your family's company wouldn't have worry the human resources department about dealing with the Affordable Healthcare ACT, and they wouldn't have to have a human resources manager either. they wouldn't have an interstate to take to north ridgeville. I don't know if the engineers and chemists who started the company came up when the government was spending a lot of money on math and science instruction and subsidizing the university programs for the best students. but the military is listed as one of your customers, so you can see the need for progressive income taxes.