What scares the f*ck out of you?

[henry quirk]

"As with any sort of weird ad hominem, it really doesn't advance your argument at all."

As though the majority here give a flip about my 'argument'.

In any event: your concern over my advancing my 'argument' is touching.

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"a wild tangent"

Which one? When, for example, tw moved the thread from 'let’s shit on Ted Cruz!' to 'I'm gonna rant about a (largely) irrelevant law!'?

That the "wild tangent" you're talkin' about it?

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I'll say it again: the purpose of a business is to make a profit for the owner(s) of the business. Some -- like me -- are straightforward about it; others indulge in long-term strategies that cost them today in the hope of garnering that much more tomorrow.

Nuthin' you posted (as example) disputes me.

Also: only a crazy or stupid person sez 'I'm working this business or job to secure my kids (to feed them, shelter them, etc. ['I’m makin’ money for my family']) but making money takes a backseat to some ideal or abstract.

I'll concede that stupid or crazy people may start businesses to (as Lamp would say) 'serve the public' but such folks are the exception...certainly such folks are not the focus of my comments, my 'argument', in this thread.

Experiment time...

Who here owns his or her own business?

Why?

Who here has a job?

Why?