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He has to make the calculation about hiring people. If he doesn't feel comfortable hiring he shouldn't. Why do you feel as though you're in a position to tell h
by jswinghammer 16y ago
He has to make the calculation about hiring people. If he doesn't feel comfortable hiring he shouldn't. Why do you feel as though you're in a position to tell him what his reasons are or should be?
Taxes take money out of the private sector and thus reduce the pool of capital for private sector job creation. Our taxes go to fund bankers and wars. That's why we're in such bad shape. If they went to build roads and bridges no one would care so much.
- CodeMage 16y agoIf the problem is how the taxes are being spent, do you really think that not hiring is the correct solution?
- davidw 16y agoHe's not just "making calculations about hiring people" - he's engaging in politics, and Hacker News fell for it.
- thetrumanshow 16y agoTo be sure. But it is nice, once in a while, to be reminded of how insane the numbers actually are.
- gahahaha 16y agoInsane. Really? American taxes are VERY low by almost any measure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_revenue_as_percentage_of_GDP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_revenu... You could argue that you don't get much for them, but that wouldn't be true either. Most government programs are very popular, but it is strangely still popular to hate the government. The logical disconnect there should be obvious.
- orangecat 16y agoMost government programs are very popular, but it is strangely still popular to hate the government. The logical disconnect there should be obvious. Most people will enthusiastically support programs that take $2 from other people and give $1 to them. If you have lots of programs like that they're clearly wasteful in aggregate, but each individual one will have vocal supporters.
- jbooth 16y agoYeah, except he's not actually calculating. He's just delivering a pre-scripted rant with a little argument to authority, "I make hiring decisions". Great, I feel better. He's paying almost as much for his end of the health insurance as the total tax take. What's he whine about? Taxes. Who's providing more bang for the buck, the health insurance company or the relevant federal, state and local governments? Does he have kids in school? Does this guy even look at his own numbers?
- gahahaha 16y agoI would be very surprised if his kids go to a state school with the plebs.
- mikeryan 16y ago"Taxes take money out of the private sector and thus reduce the pool of capital for private sector job creation. Our taxes go to fund bankers and wars" This is a nice bit of sleight of hand but in reality our taxes that go to the gov't go back into the private sector, and according to our national debt do so at a greater rate then we take it in. Bankers and the Defense industry are in the private sector. Tax money doesn't just disappear from our economy. Heck even Mr. Bogen probably doesn't complain when he gets a contract for providing A/V systems for schools.
- Ardit20 16y agoThere's private sector and then there's private sector. I am sure we all would agree that it is best to leave the money at the hands of the general population rather than take it from them and give it to a concentrated small elite. Besides, whether it is the private or public sector wasting money on wars it hardly makes a difference. It's the people's money and the people would rather keep it or see it used for more productive ends to benefit all and not some elite.