Evidently you have never been self employed as a sole proprietor or a small business.

There are times you take a day off if you get a chance. not WHEN you choose. If and when you take a vacation it's dictated by your business, not when you choose.

This isn't the first time you've shown you don't have a clue about running a business. SMH

Not the taxes you are thinking of, that goes to the Federal Reserve, but yeah those excise taxes are huge.

Haven't a clue, have you!

And the blind faith with it's blind vision manifests itself.

Not "any" dumbo, the Odumbo, the Supreme Being, the Almighty, the "God" of Hope.

I mean for us it has only been six years and we need a vacation.

Why stop with running a business, it applies to most anything and everything. A true Odumboite.

I have been self employed before,, I am about to be a sole proprietor as well

several f my close relatives are as well and guess what? they plan and take vacations,,,

and it is STILL TRUE , one of the perk of working for oneself is the ability to set ones own schedue

yeah,, well dumb comes in many forms, including the lack of financial or time management skills that people use to plan a vacation,,,,

lol


I don't even want to assume the IQ of those constantly referring to personal attacks as opposed to rational and verifiable information,,,


I have enough confidence in my intelligence not to really take the seriously,,,,

IM imagining 'dumb' my be something they are quite familiar with,,

Meeshell has a job?

Sole proprietors cannot take vacations at their leisure.

I had a cleaning and maintenance business.

10 years and no vacation. Worked it alone. Couldn't afford to hire help. What with all the withholding,SSpayments,liability insurance,etc.

Yep, go ahead and hold the idea small business owners are free to vacation like oBozo.

and that's YOU

that's not all proprietors, or self employed people, like I said, I know several who manage their time and money to fit in vacations,,,

as well as myself when I was 'self employed' as an independent contractor with a certain telecommunication company,,,

and all FIRST FAMILIES certainly are free to take vacations, as well as most people that are upper middle class and above,,,

Now Willing, that was uncalled for...but funny as hell

A 1099 contractor with a set company is not self employed. Just a way for a corporation not to have liabilities. Perhaps the IRS should examine this, could be liabilities there that need resolved. Can't have citizens going around the system.

independent contractors are self employed,,,they can work with a set company who pays them for their time, or they can work with several different companies that pay them for that time

but they are still self employed,, whether one is working as a self employed independent contractor or an employee with a business depends upon many different things,,,


http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/Independent-Contractor-Defined

Most of us who run our own small business can not afford the time or expense of vacations under present policy and regulations, add Obozocare into the mix and even the thought of being able to afford a vacation is a pipe dream.....

The ability to plan one and take one are two different things.... far from the American Dream of ownership our parents enjoyed!

I have a small business, can't afford employees or vacations no matter how successful I may be. If I want to take a vacation do I starve or fall behind on my accounts and bills? But I must pay for this presidents lavish vacations as a taxpayer!

How long since you have been a small business owner without any form of subsidy from the gov't? Most of us wouldn't qualify even if we could get one.

I don't know what to tell you,,,


the several I know that are in business for themselves take vacations regularly,,

live within ones means maybe? pick a business or trade that will pay more than just what is needed to live on,,,,

And your spinning continues.

I was specific in the type of self employment I mentioned and I said as a "sole proprietor" or "small business" owner. Did I say anything about being a supposed "self employed independent contractor", most of who work for one company? Companies "hire" these independent contractors all the time to work for that company exclusively which is hardly being independent. These people often work within an "office", and with a schedule that is set by the "payer".

Hiring "independent contractors" is a great way for a company to be able to get rid of workers without the legal ramifications of having "employees". Most "independent contractors" aren't "self employed" by choice, it's more likely a company is avoiding the liabilities with hiring them. A company doesn't have to "lay them off" or "fire" them if they are no longer needed or wanted. Many companies use these "self employed independent contractors" like a temp service without the cost associated with using a temp service.

When you get right down to it EVERYONE works for THEMSELVES and ANYONE can set their own schedule and take time off when they want whether they are a business owner, an employee or independent contractor. You just may not get paycheck after setting your own schedule.

and its STILL TRUE,, that self employed, INCLUDING SOLE PROPRIETORS

are able to manage their time and money to take vacations, if they have planned ahead,,,

Someday reality will shine through...... maybe

But first you must live in it

You right, SS.

If I had told any of the office managers I was going on a couple weeks vacation and their offices would just have to stay dirty, they'd be finding them a new company to take my contract.

I could never find an employee I could trust to do a thorough job and, if they stole something, I would be liable.