Hey, we're businessmen. We deal with reality. If you dont refer to Congress as "digging into your pocket" normally, maybe you need to re-think whatever language you obscure the concept with... When the telco targets one of your markets... You have the bullseye on your back...
With a political shift in DC, you, again, have become the target. The article I posted is a column written by small business advocates in Washington DC. Read it. They're not using a lot of rosy phraseology to describe what could happen. So how do you "duck for cover"? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ neofast.net - fast internet for North East Oregon and South East Washington email me at mark at neofast dot net 541-969-8200 Direct commercial inquiries to purchasing at neofast dot net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Nash - Lists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] So, ya'll wondered who'd be the first to comment > Mark, > > What I tried to say in my post is let's hear the information but present it > in a less-extreme fashion without the obviously slanted language such as > 'digging into your pocket' and 'shafting you as hard and deep as possible'. > Otherwise your post should go to a list that's hosted on a site that is > named governmentrant.org, or something like that. Your 2nd post here that > I'm replying to now is more along the lines of an appropriate post for this > list (sans the parting shot at the end). > > Mark Nash > Network Engineer > UnwiredOnline.Net > 350 Holly Street > Junction City, OR 97448 > http://www.uwol.net > 541-998-5555 > 541-998-5599 fax > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Koskenmaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 9:28 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] So, ya'll wondered who'd be the first to comment > > > > The impacts on your business... Your accountant's report to you... > Those > > are not partisan. Your ability to survive and / or grow are very much at > > stake in how you deal with changes that are likely. If you consider > > watching out for and trying to keep your business afloat with a Congress > > hostile to you some kind of partisanship, you're being a little silly. > One > > has to face facts... > > > > The #1 target of every Democrat congress is to remove write-offs... that > > is, to turn the stuff you buy into assets, so you get taxed on the value > of > > everything you buy. Tax laws at the moment are moderately friendly to > > growth, in that you have the choice to either write-off... Or to retain > the > > value of your equipment, which ever may suit your business situation. > Some > > I know are taking the tax bite, becuase they want, on paper, the most > value > > possible for thier business... For future sale purposes. Some don't. > > Some want or need every possible deduction so they can use every dollar > they > > can manage to keep away from the tax man. > > > > You may lose that choice... and that could ultimately put a number of us > > under - especially the faster growing ones, who find that taxing growth > > leads to instant negative cash flow and bankruptcy. > > > > But then again, maybe your accountant is just playing partisan games with > > you... Or not. WISP's are quite unique in that, at least in my > situation, > > I am purchasing intense. Every dollar that comes in goes out. No wages, > > no lunches, no toys... Just every dollar turned over for growth. > > > > If I could not write that off... I'd have to just give up and go work at > > McDonald's. > > > > And not a single Democrat would consider that a bad thing - just a minor > > victory in the war on "the rich". > > > > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > neofast.net - fast internet for North East Oregon and South East > Washington > > email me at mark at neofast dot net > > 541-969-8200 > > Direct commercial inquiries to purchasing at neofast dot net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mark Nash - Lists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 9:10 AM > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] So, ya'll wondered who'd be the first to comment > > > > > > > Then don't be partisan, and save the extreme comments for people who > want > > to > > > hear it. I can't see how the type of language in this post helps. > > > > > > Mark Nash > > > Network Engineer > > > UnwiredOnline.Net > > > 350 Holly Street > > > Junction City, OR 97448 > > > http://www.uwol.net > > > 541-998-5555 > > > 541-998-5599 fax > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Mark Koskenmaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 9:09 AM > > > Subject: [WISPA] So, ya'll wondered who'd be the first to comment > > > > > > > > > > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,227778,00.html > > > > > > > > You just got a big red bullseye painted on your back. > > > > > > > > While I"m not trying to be partisan... YOU are the main target. > > Whether > > > > it's digging into your pocket for "benefits" congress wants to "give" > > your > > > > employees, to just shafting you as hard and deep as possible for tax > > > money, > > > > we ARE the target. > > > > > > > > I'd love to see some good informed financial advisors on here give > some > > > > advice on how to deal with the future. > > > > > > > > > > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > neofast.net - fast internet for North East Oregon and South East > > > Washington > > > > email me at mark at neofast dot net > > > > 541-969-8200 > > > > Direct commercial inquiries to purchasing at neofast dot net > > > > > > > > -- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > > > > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
