Capitalism (Supply + Demand + Investment = Revenue)

[rdean]

I'm watching Morning Joe and they throw out the statistic that 2/3rd of all jobs in the US are from "small business". It seems the Republican Leadership sees "small business" when a company makes 500 million to a billion dollars, but the truth is, those businesses aren't really "small".

One woman guest talked about how she has grown her company from 17 employees to 60. Now that is a "small business". She talked about how she had to learn about promoting a "demand" and creating a "supply" through "investment" for her to receive "revenue". And how that "revenue" need to be greater than her "investment".

Cutting has never created jobs. In fact, the very idea is to "reduce" the number of jobs.

I think if a Republican actually understood "capitalism" and was able to use the words, "Supply, demand, investment and revenue" effectively and presented meaningful plans that would actually create jobs, they would give Obama a run for his money.

Remember, Republicans ran on "Jobs, jobs, jobs" and once in office, turned that into "gay rights, abortion, end Medicare, give tax breaks to the uber wealthy and hate Obama". I suspect the public won't forget that anytime soon.

Has anyone heard a single Republican leader use the words, "Supply, demand, investment and revenue"?

 

[rdean]

I'm tired of Republicans saying what we can't do. When will they come up with a plan on what we can do?

Thought they might surprise me. Guess not.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

You really should go back to school.

 

[Mad Scientist]

You think if those small businesses can get an ObamaCare Waiver like the big boys do they would have more money for Investment?

 

[Trajan]

You think if those small businesses can get an ObamaCare Waiver like the big boys do they would have more money for Investment?

welll, there is that steak house in Marin County

 

[California Girl]

You really should go back to school.

Back?

Damn, I was thinking he really needs to start school.

My bad.

 

[Mr. H.]

I'm tired of Republicans saying what we can't do. When will they come up with a plan on what we can do?

Thought they might surprise me. Guess not.

Quit demanding absurd bullshit, mind your manners, and take care of your own.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

You really should go back to school.

Back?

Damn, I was thinking he really needs to start school.

My bad.

He got as far as 3rd grade, which is when I learned about supply and demand. Funny thing though, when I got to 7th I learned that it is a little more complicated.

 

[Cecilie1200]

I'm watching Morning Joe and they throw out the statistic that 2/3rd of all jobs in the US are from "small business". It seems the Republican Leadership sees "small business" when a company makes 500 million to a billion dollars, but the truth is, those businesses aren't really "small".

One woman guest talked about how she has grown her company from 17 employees to 60. Now that is a "small business". She talked about how she had to learn about promoting a "demand" and creating a "supply" through "investment" for her to receive "revenue". And how that "revenue" need to be greater than her "investment".

Cutting has never created jobs. In fact, the very idea is to "reduce" the number of jobs.

I think if a Republican actually understood "capitalism" and was able to use the words, "Supply, demand, investment and revenue" effectively and presented meaningful plans that would actually create jobs, they would give Obama a run for his money.

Remember, Republicans ran on "Jobs, jobs, jobs" and once in office, turned that into "gay rights, abortion, end Medicare, give tax breaks to the uber wealthy and hate Obama". I suspect the public won't forget that anytime soon.

Has anyone heard a single Republican leader use the words, "Supply, demand, investment and revenue"?

Republicans define "small business" by the criteria laid down by the Small Business Administration, which is the official and legal arbiter of what constitutes a small business. Whose criteria are YOU using, jackwad? Whatever "feels" right to you at the moment?

Honestly, it never ceases to amaze me that your skull doesn't just implode, due to the vacuum between your ears.

 

[expat_panama]

....the Republican Leadership sees "small business" when a company makes 500 million to a billion dollars...

Republicans define "small business" by the criteria laid down by the Small Business Administration...

--which has a website that says:

A size standard is usually stated in number of employees or average annual receipts and represents the largest size that a business (including its subsidiaries and affiliates) may be to remain classified as a small business for SBA and federal contracting programs.

Based on those criteria, the SBA has established the following standards for a small business:

* 500 employees for most manufacturing and mining industries, and
* $7 million in average annual receipts for most non-manufacturing industries.​

 

[editec]

If the US FEDERAL government did an X% cut across ALL spending (spending that is cuttable by law, at least) its corporate suppliers would go nuts.

 

[Publius1787]

I'm watching Morning Joe and they throw out the statistic that 2/3rd of all jobs in the US are from "small business". It seems the Republican Leadership sees "small business" when a company makes 500 million to a billion dollars, but the truth is, those businesses aren't really "small".

One woman guest talked about how she has grown her company from 17 employees to 60. Now that is a "small business". She talked about how she had to learn about promoting a "demand" and creating a "supply" through "investment" for her to receive "revenue". And how that "revenue" need to be greater than her "investment".

Cutting has never created jobs. In fact, the very idea is to "reduce" the number of jobs.

I think if a Republican actually understood "capitalism" and was able to use the words, "Supply, demand, investment and revenue" effectively and presented meaningful plans that would actually create jobs, they would give Obama a run for his money.

Remember, Republicans ran on "Jobs, jobs, jobs" and once in office, turned that into "gay rights, abortion, end Medicare, give tax breaks to the uber wealthy and hate Obama". I suspect the public won't forget that anytime soon.

Has anyone heard a single Republican leader use the words, "Supply, demand, investment and revenue"?

Comlete economic illiteracy. And republicans ran on getting out of the way so jobs could be created with the knowlege that governments do not create jobs.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

....the Republican Leadership sees "small business" when a company makes 500 million to a billion dollars...

Republicans define "small business" by the criteria laid down by the Small Business Administration...

--which has a website that says:

<b>

A size standard is usually stated in number of employees or average annual receipts and represents the largest size that a business (including its subsidiaries and affiliates) may be to remain classified as a small business for SBA and federal contracting programs.

Based on those criteria, the SBA has established the following standards for a small business:

* 500 employees for most manufacturing and mining industries, and
* $7 million in average annual receipts for most non-manufacturing industries.​

</b>

* $7 million in average annual receipts for most non-manufacturing industries. This puts small businesses smack dab into the top 1% of earners that Democrats are engaged in class warfare against, which is one of the things Republicans keep pointing out. Then people like rdean fall for the claptrap that Republicans are the ones who are changing the definitions because he thinks small businesses means whatever makes the Democrats look good..

 

[Wiseacre]

And now for the part about capitalism that Dems never get:

Revenue - Expenditures (Spending) - Overhead (TAXES, etc) = Profit

No profit = out of business

 

[Cecilie1200]

....the Republican Leadership sees "small business" when a company makes 500 million to a billion dollars...

Republicans define "small business" by the criteria laid down by the Small Business Administration...

--which has a website that says:

A size standard is usually stated in number of employees or average annual receipts and represents the largest size that a business (including its subsidiaries and affiliates) may be to remain classified as a small business for SBA and federal contracting programs.

Based on those criteria, the SBA has established the following standards for a small business:

* 500 employees for most manufacturing and mining industries, and
* $7 million in average annual receipts for most non-manufacturing industries.​

. . . And your point would be what?

 

[expat_panama]

. . . And your point would be what?

This thread began with:

...the Republican Leadership sees "small business" when a company makes 500 million to a billion dollars...

No link, no quote, no reference, so it's probably just another made up delusion. So while rdean lives a life of fantasy the adults here have work to do. Understanding jobs is important, and that means we need to get our facts straight, especially about small business. The SBA website also points out that:

Small firms:

Represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms.
Employ just over half of all private sector employees.
Pay 44 percent of total U.S. private payroll.
Have generated 64 percent of net new jobs over the past 15 years.
Create more than half of the nonfarm private gross domestic product (GDP).
Hire 40 percent of high tech workers (such as scientists, engineers, and computer programmers).
Are 52 percent home-based and 2 percent franchises.
Made up 97.3 percent of all identified exporters and produced 30.2 percent of the known export value in FY 2007.
Produce 13 times more patents per employee than large patenting firms; these patents are twice as likely as large firm patents to be among the one percent most cited.​

Sources (see the Office of Advocacy's Research and Statistics page):

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census and International Trade Admin.
Advocacy-funded research by Kathryn Kobe, 2007
CHI Research, 2003
U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.​

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Off hand, it seems that the left half of the country would be a lot better off if they called off their war against the rich half.

 

[lehr]

You really should go back to school.

Back?

Damn, I was thinking he really needs to start school.

My bad.

bush said - " i had to abandon the free market to save the free market " dont ask me== i just report the news =

 

[pinqy]

And now for the part about capitalism that Dems never get:

Revenue - Expenditures (Spending) - Overhead (TAXES, etc) = Profit

No profit = out of business

Usually we phrase it as Profit = Revenue - Costs
And for staying in business, we look at Marginal Profit = Marginal Revenue - Marginal Costs as the make or break point. As long as you can pay your employees and cover your the production costs, you should stay in business, though you might not be making your total costs, such as rent.

 

[midcan5]

You really should go back to school.

Interesting comment and telling, what school would that be? And what would we learn there? Or is this just another meaningless empty comeback devoid of reason and commonsense? And supporting evidence?

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What is a small business? If you check these stats the issue is a great deal more complicated than the wingnuts assume.

http://www.census.gov/econ/smallbus.html

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[sparky]

Republicans define "small business" by the criteria laid down by the Small Business Administration...

--which has a website that says:

A size standard is usually stated in number of employees or average annual receipts and represents the largest size that a business (including its subsidiaries and affiliates) may be to remain classified as a small business for SBA and federal contracting programs.

Based on those criteria, the SBA has established the following standards for a small business:

* 500 employees for most manufacturing and mining industries, and
* $7 million in average annual receipts for most non-manufacturing industries.​

. . . And your point would be what?

possibly that the SBA's definition can be used in misleading ways

for instance, i understand that Goldman Sachs co were able to obtain an SBA handout , merely based on it's parameters