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frazzled

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2. It's not just janitors and waitresses in the "non-entrepreneur" class

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:51 PM

Aug 2012

It's research scientists, mathematicians, teachers and professors, artists and writers, pharmacists, journalists, airline pilots ... the list could go on.

Imagine a country in which everyone owned a donut shop, and there were no scientists or sculptors or symphony musicians or carpenters. We'd be nothing.

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We Are Not All Entrepreneurs [View all] phantom power Aug 2012 OP

Therein lies the problem - HughBeaumont Aug 2012 #1

It's not just janitors and waitresses in the "non-entrepreneur" class frazzled Aug 2012 #2

What's wrong with donuts? XemaSab Aug 2012 #12

Boy, you didn't understand my post frazzled Aug 2012 #13

I did get your post, but I went off on a tangent XemaSab Aug 2012 #15

if everyone was an 'entrepreneur' who would the entrepreneurs get to do the actual work? HiPointDem Aug 2012 #16

Excellent read and the comments were great, too. freshwest Aug 2012 #3

How true railsback Aug 2012 #4

It's difficult for many people to understand that a leader's success depends on those being lead. haele Aug 2012 #5

The "entrepreneur" fetish that's taken over this country over the last 30 years is laughable alcibiades_mystery Aug 2012 #6

Yep. nt bemildred Aug 2012 #7

entrepreneurs are important, but so are a lot of other things phantom power Aug 2012 #8

A lot of us don't want to be, either! reformist2 Aug 2012 #9

The comments were shockingly sane and truthful. hifiguy Aug 2012 #10

Yep. There'd be a lot of left/right agreement, if we could somehow call a truce on the culture wars. reformist2 Aug 2012 #14

Kick! nt hifiguy Aug 2012 #11