So, at my small town Tea Party meeting, 11 "core" organizers were hatching another plan to educate the citizenry (ourselves included), and the discussion turned to disincentives for creativity. Of the 11 present, I asked for a show of hands for those who were not creating/innovating/branching out in business/engaging in some sort of entrepreneurship which they would otherwise engage in, but for the punitive and discouraging taxes/fees/regulations in the current galactic government expansion. 8 hands went up. One Ph.D., one M.D., one B.S. in EE, one successful businesswoman, several other college graduates, some salt-of-the-earth model employee Renaissance men of the blue collar variety in their 30's...basically a broad cross section, aged 20-70.
Not statistically significant, mind you (and I understand statistics, because I took that course, and learned something), but pretty interesting.
So, at my small town Tea Party meeting, 11 "core" organizers were hatching another plan to educate the citizenry (ourselves included), and the discussion turned to disincentives for creativity. Of the 11 present, I asked for a show of hands for those who were not creating/innovating/branching out in business/engaging in some sort of entrepreneurship which they would otherwise engage in, but for the punitive and discouraging taxes/fees/regulations in the current galactic government expansion. 8 hands went up. One Ph.D., one M.D., one B.S. in EE, one successful businesswoman, several other college graduates, some salt-of-the-earth model employee Renaissance men of the blue collar variety in their 30's...basically a broad cross section, aged 20-70.
ReplyDeleteNot statistically significant, mind you (and I understand statistics, because I took that course, and learned something), but pretty interesting.