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by napierzaza 5793 days ago
It's true, he didn't spend nearly enough time explaining why the argument was false. But then again, the 2-3 sentences he spent on that was enough. The rest is, I suppose, filler.

But at the same time it makes sense. Blaming the government for your inability to afford employees is just a blame game. You can afford and employee or not. If you're a moderate veteran in business you know the burdened costs so you factor that in.

The article has good detail about how he's blaming the government for his own failing business. He's just trying to egg on the government for more breaks or he won't hire and supposedly the recession will continue.

Maybe he'd like to turn off the HVAC system in the offices to save some money too.

Taxes exist, get over it.