First time in 35 years, American business deaths now outnumber business births

[Sam Odom]

[Big Bear]

thats bc banks are not loaning out money as easily and bc Democrats want to tax the fukk out of small business owners

[Sam Odom]

Past the the tipping point

More voters want 'free' stuff than those who want to work for it

"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money." MT

[King Mayan]

Thanks Reaganomics

[Brooks]

thanks crony capitalism

[Sam Odom]

Thanks LBJ's Great Society Program

[Sam Odom]

thanks crony capitalism

A kin to Fascism

[daneblazer]

Hard to keep up with the internet. People want to shop online and have all the advantages of going to a brick & mortar store...and the online stores are giving it to them.

[Sam Odom]

dane , a good example... My cigar purchases

I enjoy going to a couple local shops and shooting the shitt , smoking a cigar and having a drink. BUT - When it's time to bulk buy to fill my humidors I cannot spend 1.50 to 2.00 more per stick than what I can get online

Oddly , I had a convo about this with one of my tobacconist yesterday. He reluctantly understood