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I really fail to understand this line of thinking. >Is there a shortage of startups in the USA? What harm will an additional 1000 startups do, even if they fa

I really fail to understand this line of thinking. >Is there a shortage of startups in the USA? What harm will an additional 1000 startups do, even if they fail? Fill the Whitepages and Yellowpages and make it heavy when you have to carry it inside your home? Look at the upside. Even a few successful ones(esp. big ones) can more than make up for the failures. >Can startups (that in reality have an online-only product) not occur outside the USA? Things are more conducive in the USA. So the same people may not be able to start and succeed elsewhere. Online only etc. doesn't matter. There will be too many obstacles like tax laws, payment methods and what not.

muzz 16y ago
There are many that say that our taxes are too high, our regulations are too burdensome, and that in general the climate for business here is abysmal and is driving business away. This position was taken by many politicians who won overwhelmingly last November.
ck2 16y ago
To clarify, I am not anti-immigrant in the slightest. If anything I think we should give more people the chance for freedom here who are pursued politically in other countries. But I just cannot imagine anyone wanting to come to the USA if they can afford to be elsewhere. For one example, you best not need medical care while you are here because you certainly will not be able to afford it and it will ruin your credit for life (one trip to the hospital with nothing actually done will cost several thousands of dollars). Secondly, if you wander outside of the more diverse college-towns and metro areas, it's rednecks everywhere (look up "redstate" on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Governors_map.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Governors_ma... ). My logic is if you are intelligent enough to start your own business that can take in money virtually, you are already way ahead of a vast majority of our own population and can have the best of both worlds - take our money and avoid our problems.

muzz 16y ago

There are many that say that our taxes are too high, our regulations are too burdensome, and that in general the climate for business here is abysmal and is driving business away. This position was taken by many politicians who won overwhelmingly last November.

ck2 16y ago

To clarify, I am not anti-immigrant in the slightest. If anything I think we should give more people the chance for freedom here who are pursued politically in other countries. But I just cannot imagine anyone wanting to come to the USA if they can afford to be elsewhere. For one example, you best not need medical care while you are here because you certainly will not be able to afford it and it will ruin your credit for life (one trip to the hospital with nothing actually done will cost several thousands of dollars). Secondly, if you wander outside of the more diverse college-towns and metro areas, it's rednecks everywhere (look up "redstate" on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Governors_map.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Governors_ma... ). My logic is if you are intelligent enough to start your own business that can take in money virtually, you are already way ahead of a vast majority of our own population and can have the best of both worlds - take our money and avoid our problems.