Ok. . . This is terrifying.

[nathanm]

Now you find very few not operating under some form of corporation. 

Yeah, that's not really for liability reasons, it's because some smart guy thought up the idea of the LLC, thus allowing someone the simplicity of the sole proprietorship with the limited liability of a corporation. Even then, most people who have schedule C income are sole proprietors.

In 2007, there were 23,122,698 returns filed for sole proprietorships, despite the advantages of the LLC.

[Gaspar]

Yeah, that's not really for liability reasons, it's because some smart guy thought up the idea of the LLC, thus allowing someone the simplicity of the sole proprietorship with the limited liability of a corporation. Even then, most people who have schedule C income are sole proprietors.

In 2007, there were 23,122,698 returns filed for sole proprietorships, despite the advantages of the LLC.

True.  I think you will find that may correlate perfectly with the number of physicians, dentists, and chiropractors in the US. 

[nathanm]

True.  I think you will find that may correlate perfectly with the number of physicians, dentists, and chiropractors in the US. 

In many states, they have the option of the PLLC, which is basically an LLC for professionals who aren't eligible for the normal LLC.

[Gaspar]

In many states, they have the option of the PLLC, which is basically an LLC for professionals who aren't eligible for the normal LLC.

. . .and now that most physicians are hired under the umbrella of a "clinic" they no longer need an individual LLC, or even individual insurance policy.  The landscape has really changed.

[guido911]

This is my problem with all the lavish vacations: in times where spending is at record levels, ostensibly from the fiscal mis-management of the previous administration, what sort of example is the current President setting?  Remember, President Bush was too aloof, spent too much time at his ranch and mismanaged the economy to the depths it's become so that we must spend billions in stimulus to bring it back from the brink.

I honestly have not seen nor heard anything out of President Obama which indicates that he truly has a grasp of what the average American is up against in terms of their concerns for keeping or finding a job and how we will ever pay down this debt.  "This administration will not rest" rings hollow when the appearance is that the administration is always off to it's next great globe-trotting adventure.  

Do I expect him to stay holed up in the White House 24/7 until things improve for everyone.  No I don't, but I think galavanting about like a celebrity at this point in time is a huge PR mistake unless he's only interested in being a one term President.  I have a feeling this will be used against him in the '12 election.

Now he's off to Martha's Vineyard!!! Hey, what's the hot selling merchandise out there?

http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2010/08/ouch-bush-t-shirts-outselling-obama-on.html

bwahahahaha

[swake]

I guess you all won't want facts to get in the way again will you? As of a month ago, Obama had taken half the vacation days that Bush II had, and through his first year he took fewer days than Reagan and both Bushes, interestingly he took more than Clinton and Carter.

http://www.factcheck.org/2010/01/president-obamas-vacation-days/

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/2506288,CST-NWS-obama18.article

It's all just more fake Fuax News and talk radio created noise about nothing.

[Conan71]

I guess you all won't want facts to get in the way again will you? As of a month ago, Obama had taken half the vacation days that Bush II had, and through his first year he took fewer days than Reagan and both Bushes, interestingly he took more than Clinton and Carter.

http://www.factcheck.org/2010/01/president-obamas-vacation-days/

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/2506288,CST-NWS-obama18.article

It's all just more fake Fuax News and talk radio created noise about nothing.

No President ever truly goes on vacation in the first place.  I don't blame them for getting out of the White House. It's unhealthy to live and work in the same spot day after dayand it's a 24/7 job.  However, consdider that Bush's vacations generally were to the family compound in Kennebunktport, the Presidential retreat at Camp David, or his ranch in Crawford.  

It's an image problem for President Obama going places like Hawaii and Martha's Vineyard, and the wife and kids entertaining a cadre of friends in Spain when we have record deficits and unemployment approaching 10%.  He's free to do as he pleases but it tends to alienate others when he galavants about like royalty.

Phrases like "This adminsistration won't rest" sound disingenuous when people hear he's off on another vacation again.

[Hoss]

No President ever truly goes on vacation in the first place.  I don't blame them for getting out of the White House. It's unhealthy to live and work in the same spot day after dayand it's a 24/7 job.  However, consdider that Bush's vacations generally were to the family compound in Kennebunktport, the Presidential retreat at Camp David, or his ranch in Crawford.  

It's an image problem for President Obama going places like Hawaii and Martha's Vineyard, and the wife and kids entertaining a cadre of friends in Spain when we have record deficits and unemployment approaching 10%.  He's free to do as he pleases but it tends to alienate others when he galavants about like royalty.

Phrases like "This adminsistration won't rest" sound disingenuous when people hear he's off on another vacation again.

Martha's Vineyard..maybe, but Hawaii?

I guess people forget he was born there...but dem fax jes keep getun in de way...

[Conan71]

Martha's Vineyard..maybe, but Hawaii?

I guess people forget he was born there...but dem fax jes keep getun in de way...

The birthers didn't get that message.  He's from Kenya or Indonesia, or Dumfuc*istan.

[guido911]

One in six Americans receive some sort of government aid:

WASHINGTON — Government anti-poverty programs that have grown to meet the needs of recession victims now serve a record one in six Americans and are continuing to expand.

More than 50 million Americans are on Medicaid, the federal-state program aimed principally at the poor, a survey of state data by USA TODAY shows. That's up at least 17% since the recession began in December 2007.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-08-30-1Asafetynet30_ST_N.htm

That is terrifying.

[guido911]

No President ever truly goes on vacation in the first place.  I don't blame them for getting out of the White House. It's unhealthy to live and work in the same spot day after dayand it's a 24/7 job.  However, consdider that Bush's vacations generally were to the family compound in Kennebunktport, the Presidential retreat at Camp David, or his ranch in Crawford.  

It's an image problem for President Obama going places like Hawaii and Martha's Vineyard, and the wife and kids entertaining a cadre of friends in Spain when we have record deficits and unemployment approaching 10%.  He's free to do as he pleases but it tends to alienate others when he galavants about like royalty.

Phrases like "This adminsistration won't rest" sound disingenuous when people hear he's off on another vacation again.

Borrowed this from Drudge:

[nathanm]

Not stolen from Drudge:

[Hoss]

Not stolen from Drudge:

That's awesome.  Just look at YT and he's given comedians a treasure-trove for years to come.

[guido911]

Not stolen from Drudge:

Do you really want to go there?

[nathanm]

Do you really want to go there?

I believe you went there first, sir.