Mmmm... yes and no. Say you buy a burger from a local joint. Where did they get the meat? From a small local supplier or from a large company? Was that meat and the cows trucked by independent owner operators in used trucks who use small local mechanics? What about the buns or anything else? The soda- do they have say... coke? Who’s their land lord? A local owner or a large commercial property firm? Who does their maintenance, other things? So on and on.
Now- the big company hiding in the back end sells a $.01 item to them for $.10, then they sell it to you for $.15. So you’re STILL helping a CEO somewhere most likely. That’s how the system is designed. At the least they probably have electricity no? The system is simple. Make other people’s work pay you. Every burger pays a little to this guy or that guy in some corner office. That’s how being rich works. It usually isn’t one or two folks giving you a fortune but billions of people giving you pennies and dollars.
If you have an employee you pay them some percent of profits. When you own your own business- you take some percent of profits. Salary range for small business owners is all over the board- an “average” of $30,000-200,000 a year. But that comes with flexibility. The ability to make your own decisions about your business and how you want it to be.
Small businesses are important. Small business is a great safeguard against the type of economic disparity we see today, and the erosion of small business helped to make the modern super billionaires and such. Small businesses add character to different locations as opposed to finding the same shops and products everywhere you go. They give people a sense of control and some measure of satisfaction and investment in their work. They allow for people other than the Uber rich to pass generational wealth and stability to their children. They provide collateral and wealth to “the average joe.”
But- like so many things accuracy counts. It’s generally good not to be a junkie but don’t lie to me and say that trying weed once will turn you into a serial killer rapist. Let’s be real here. Shopping at your small business pays you and let’s you do the same job as a guy at target but for more money, less bullshit, and not having to keep someone else’s rules and hours. It isn’t robbing a CEO or fighting big business because most big business and most founding CEO’s start trying to keep the lights on and pay for dance lessons for their kids too.
Bro. You need to chill! The message was strong and on point but still there are exceptions everywhere. Me, for example, am the owner of a small textile trading firm. The goods we buy are from similar small scaled mills who work their asses off to live a basic middle class life. The mills buy their raw materials from (poor) farmers of India and only the necessary chemicals from the big, corporate houses; Ensuring that the people who struggle to live and cannot even stop working for a week or they run out of business can actually pay for a decent life, fulfilling the necessities and saving a bit for the future or expansion. On the other hand, the other big corporations’ CEOs earn sufficiently enough to live a life far away from a basic decent life, towards the positive side, obviously. Sometimes, companies working on large scale take over the work of these small firms making them run out of business. However, both are necessary in today’s world.
As I said- small business is vital to local economies and individual wealth as well as wealth distribution and overall quality of life. My issue isn’t with small businesses. It is with the accuracy of the sentiment. When you shop at a small business, a larger percent of the money stays in the local economy and goes into your community- benefits your community. That is true. To say that you are sending a kid to dance class instead of buying a ceo a car isn’t so true. CEOs may also have kids to send to dance class, and small business owners may be relatively wealthy. The statement is misleading.
I am sorry I had somewhat misunderstood what you had said. I see what you are saying is absolutely correct.
Also, why the hell are y’all downvoting @guest_
Lol. Hi @popsy. Yeah. I noticed that. I consider it a compliment. The more I see downvotes the more I endeavor to make more posts in the spirit and format of the dv’d post in the future.
Also, why the hell are y’all downvoting @guest_
If it's good, I'll buy it.