Reply to "letter from "the boss""

So many good points, on both sides. Someone else sent me the "boss" letter, which I agree with the BASIC theme, but in no way the threatening, griping delivery.

I think David B said, "But his complaint about small business risk takers getting the shaft, while the crooks get the bailout, has merit. It's not about management vs labor, it's about fair reward."

I'm a small business owner, 10 employees, under $3m, fairly large gross margin (only to say we incentivise well for 'producers') and a healthy - at the moment - net. My top guy makes almost 3 times what administrative makes. We all recognize the team commitment, much of the revenue-share is spread to non-producers since they participate in the whole.

David B went on to say...

"The government is my 50% partner - but only on the profit side. Losses are all mine. And if I want a bailout, or a loan from a bank, I have to put up 150% of what I want from them. Really makes a lot of sense."

Amen. We spend about $80,000 a month here staying in business; peanuts to many, but enough to me. If I went - say 90 days in the negative - it'd be lights out, and no funeral party for my business either.

This SOUNDS like I'm saying, "Let the failures fail" but the other side is who "wins" if they (the big failures) do? A tough one. God teaches new lessons every day, and I'm sure trying to learn.

Good to hear different viewpoints.