Atlas is getting ready to shrug.

[HowardRoark]

Hook, line, and sinker.

The warning label on a 5-inch fishing lure with a three-pronged hook says, “Harmful if swallowed.” Thank God for lawyers.

I thought you were a bit brighter than this Howard. You disappoint me.

Just throwing a little chum in the water and seeing what happens......

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Hook, line, and sinker.

The warning label on a 5-inch fishing lure with a three-pronged hook says, “Harmful if swallowed.” Thank God for lawyers.

I thought you were a bit brighter than this Howard. You disappoint me.

Just throwing a little chum in the water and seeing what happens......

Right. You now expect us to believe you knew it was fake.

[mraynrand]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123146363567166677.html

'Atlas Shrugged': From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years

Wow...imagine that coming out of the wall street journal.

How are we going to pay the Marines that will have to go save that guy's ass when Castro invades the beach he has been kicking back on?

Another brilliant response that addresses the issues.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123146363567166677.html

'Atlas Shrugged': From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years

Wow...imagine that coming out of the wall street journal.

How are we going to pay the Marines that will have to go save that guy's ass when Castro invades the beach he has been kicking back on?

Another brilliant response that addresses the issues.

Why do we need to address the issue. Clearly the Cato Institute has all the answers. Just relay on to us what we should think and how we should react.

[bobblehead]

What a whiny little bitch, does he think he is entitled to something.

Leave the country that made you a millionaire you little punk ass, I'm sure one of your employees will start up their own business from the void you leave.

Somebody call the Waambulance, what a Dumbass

Yes, I'm sure its just that easy. Someone will just up and replace him like he never was.

Are you really so naive as to think anyone can/will just start a profitable economy building business??

And no, I don't believe this letter is real. When people actually do this, and I know 2 who have, they don't write letters, they simply quit.

[bobblehead]

Re: Atlas is getting ready to shrug.

In fact, I was married to my business — hard work, discipline, and sacrifice.

Meanwhile, my friends got jobs. They worked 40 hours a week and made a modest $50K a year

There are no $50K jobs where you only work 40 hours/week. This douche bag doesn't realize how hard and long lowly employees are typically working in most decent-paying jobs.

What a nausiating individual.

In evil Las Vegas, the land of low taxes and limited regulation, 50k jobs are considered mediocre. The best Valet, waitering, bartending, and dealing jobs ALL pay well over 50k for a 40 hour week.

[Freak Out]

Re: Atlas is getting ready to shrug.

In fact, I was married to my business — hard work, discipline, and sacrifice.

Meanwhile, my friends got jobs. They worked 40 hours a week and made a modest $50K a year

There are no $50K jobs where you only work 40 hours/week. This douche bag doesn't realize how hard and long lowly employees are typically working in most decent-paying jobs.

What a nausiating individual.

In evil Las Vegas, the land of low taxes and limited regulation, 50k jobs are considered mediocre. The best Valet, waitering, bartending, and dealing jobs ALL pay well over 50k for a 40 hour week.

Live there? Been there lately?

[mraynrand]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123146363567166677.html

'Atlas Shrugged': From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years

Wow...imagine that coming out of the wall street journal.

How are we going to pay the Marines that will have to go save that guy's ass when Castro invades the beach he has been kicking back on?

Another brilliant response that addresses the issues.

Why do we need to address the issue. Clearly the Cato Institute has all the answers. Just relay on to us what we should think and how we should react.

Another brilliant response that addresses the issues.

[gex]

What a whiny little bitch, does he think he is entitled to something.

Leave the country that made you a millionaire you little punk ass, I'm sure one of your employees will start up their own business from the void you leave.

Somebody call the Waambulance, what a Dumbass

Yes, I'm sure its just that easy. Someone will just up and replace him like he never was.

Are you really so naive as to think anyone can/will just start a profitable economy building business??

And no, I don't believe this letter is real. When people actually do this, and I know 2 who have, they don't write letters, they simply quit.

Yes I do, Bubble, I'm sure 1 or 2 of them already had all the clients names and #'s copied down and were thinking of starting their own business anyway.Your kind seem to think nobody else has the drive and want to succeed.

[bobblehead]

Re: Atlas is getting ready to shrug.

In fact, I was married to my business — hard work, discipline, and sacrifice.

Meanwhile, my friends got jobs. They worked 40 hours a week and made a modest $50K a year

There are no $50K jobs where you only work 40 hours/week. This douche bag doesn't realize how hard and long lowly employees are typically working in most decent-paying jobs.

What a nausiating individual.

In evil Las Vegas, the land of low taxes and limited regulation, 50k jobs are considered mediocre. The best Valet, waitering, bartending, and dealing jobs ALL pay well over 50k for a 40 hour week.

Live there? Been there lately?

I live here, none of what I said has changed. Business is slightly down, and unemployment is up (due to contruction halting). Bottom line is that 50k is still not that hard to acheive.

Oh, if you look at the local economy in a 3-4 month window you might find some fault...but I'll take the 15 year track record I have in Las Vegas over your insight.

[bobblehead]

What a whiny little bitch, does he think he is entitled to something.

Leave the country that made you a millionaire you little punk ass, I'm sure one of your employees will start up their own business from the void you leave.

Somebody call the Waambulance, what a Dumbass

Yes, I'm sure its just that easy. Someone will just up and replace him like he never was.

Are you really so naive as to think anyone can/will just start a profitable economy building business??

And no, I don't believe this letter is real. When people actually do this, and I know 2 who have, they don't write letters, they simply quit.

Yes I do, Bubble, I'm sure 1 or 2 of them already had all the clients names and #'s copied down and were thinking of starting their own business anyway.Your kind seem to think nobody else has the drive and want to succeed.

What exactly is "my kind"? And I think a lot of people have the drive and want to succeed...most of them do/have. As far as having clients name and #'s copied...nice. No law breaking there or anything huh?

Anyway I'm all for his employees opening shop and competing, it brings down prices and raises efficiency. Good for them. Oh but wait. What if he hires a few lobbyists to craftily have some friends in gov't put some roadblocks in their way. Some regulation that adds a few million to start up costs. Thats the way of your party.

While we are at it lets make sure that if some of them do risk their entire life savings opening shop to better serve customers we tax the FUCK out of them too. Can't have them make a nice profit for risking everything and bettering society can we??

See the reason this letter was "written" is because gov't is making it not worth the risk to run said business. So no, if this individual does up and retire, I don't expect anyone to move in and replace him.

[Freak Out]

Re: Atlas is getting ready to shrug.

In fact, I was married to my business — hard work, discipline, and sacrifice.

Meanwhile, my friends got jobs. They worked 40 hours a week and made a modest $50K a year

There are no $50K jobs where you only work 40 hours/week. This douche bag doesn't realize how hard and long lowly employees are typically working in most decent-paying jobs.

What a nausiating individual.

In evil Las Vegas, the land of low taxes and limited regulation, 50k jobs are considered mediocre. The best Valet, waitering, bartending, and dealing jobs ALL pay well over 50k for a 40 hour week.

Live there? Been there lately?

I live here, none of what I said has changed. Business is slightly down, and unemployment is up (due to contruction halting). Bottom line is that 50k is still not that hard to acheive.

Oh, if you look at the local economy in a 3-4 month window you might find some fault...but I'll take the 15 year track record I have in Las Vegas over your insight.

So did the developers overbuild just a tad? I saw lots of unfinished homes when I drove around on the way to the river. Loads of deals to be had if you were so inclined. If you wanted to sell your home today could you do it and not lose your ass?

[bobblehead]

Re: Atlas is getting ready to shrug.

In fact, I was married to my business — hard work, discipline, and sacrifice.

Meanwhile, my friends got jobs. They worked 40 hours a week and made a modest $50K a year

There are no $50K jobs where you only work 40 hours/week. This douche bag doesn't realize how hard and long lowly employees are typically working in most decent-paying jobs.

What a nausiating individual.

In evil Las Vegas, the land of low taxes and limited regulation, 50k jobs are considered mediocre. The best Valet, waitering, bartending, and dealing jobs ALL pay well over 50k for a 40 hour week.

Live there? Been there lately?

I live here, none of what I said has changed. Business is slightly down, and unemployment is up (due to contruction halting). Bottom line is that 50k is still not that hard to acheive.

Oh, if you look at the local economy in a 3-4 month window you might find some fault...but I'll take the 15 year track record I have in Las Vegas over your insight.

So did the developers overbuild just a tad? I saw lots of unfinished homes when I drove around on the way to the river. Loads of deals to be had if you were so inclined. If you wanted to sell your home today could you do it and not lose your ass?

Anyone who bought from 2004 til now would lose their ass. Did they overbuild?? Hard to say, at the time there was demand...false demand propped up by false loans, but demand none the less. Personally I STILL don't think there are a lot of deals out there, just percieved deals based on 2006 prices. I sold at the peak, and am living in one of my condos, but I am still not buying. In the next year I probably will.

We are a tourism based city and peoples lack of confidence in the economy is hurting us, but most people are doing fine. The part time workers are losing hours and hurting a bit, but we are doing better than most the nation.

[mraynrand]

Re: Atlas is getting ready to shrug.

In fact, I was married to my business — hard work, discipline, and sacrifice.

Meanwhile, my friends got jobs. They worked 40 hours a week and made a modest $50K a year

There are no $50K jobs where you only work 40 hours/week. This douche bag doesn't realize how hard and long lowly employees are typically working in most decent-paying jobs.

What a nausiating individual.

In evil Las Vegas, the land of low taxes and limited regulation, 50k jobs are considered mediocre. The best Valet, waitering, bartending, and dealing jobs ALL pay well over 50k for a 40 hour week.

Live there? Been there lately?

I live here, none of what I said has changed. Business is slightly down, and unemployment is up (due to contruction halting). Bottom line is that 50k is still not that hard to acheive.

Oh, if you look at the local economy in a 3-4 month window you might find some fault...but I'll take the 15 year track record I have in Las Vegas over your insight.

So did the developers overbuild just a tad? I saw lots of unfinished homes when I drove around on the way to the river. Loads of deals to be had if you were so inclined. If you wanted to sell your home today could you do it and not lose your ass?

Anyone who bought from 2004 til now would lose their ass. Did they overbuild?? Hard to say, at the time there was demand...false demand propped up by false loans, but demand none the less. Personally I STILL don't think there are a lot of deals out there, just percieved deals based on 2006 prices. I sold at the peak, and am living in one of my condos, but I am still not buying. In the next year I probably will.

We are a tourism based city and peoples lack of confidence in the economy is hurting us, but most people are doing fine. The part time workers are losing hours and hurting a bit, but we are doing better than most the nation.

round these parts, we don't use the phrase 'false demand,' we use 'glorious multiplier effect.'

[Tyrone Bigguns]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123146363567166677.html

'Atlas Shrugged': From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years

Wow...imagine that coming out of the wall street journal.

How are we going to pay the Marines that will have to go save that guy's ass when Castro invades the beach he has been kicking back on?

Another brilliant response that addresses the issues.

Why do we need to address the issue. Clearly the Cato Institute has all the answers. Just relay on to us what we should think and how we should react.

Another brilliant response that addresses the issues.

Your response doesn't seem like the usual well crafted Cato Institute responses.