@cicerone imposter,
I know $7,800 is nothing to the government, or bureaucrats that spend money like its water, but I happen to know some people that started businesses on that much money or less, so whether its alot of money or not, the principle stands. You have to start somewhere. The guys had ambition and a "can do" attitude, not an attitude that said poor me, the government has to bail me out. And HP is but one example, certainly an exception most likely, as most businesses do require more capital than that to grow and succeed. And going back to the point that people with money are the ones that provide jobs is true. HP did not provide many jobs until they got off the ground and had buyers of their products, people with money, like Disney, then the business began to grow and provide jobs. Therefore, it was trickle down, not trickle up.
You have to have something that will trickle before it can trickle anywhere, and the law of gravity itself, economic gravity in this case, it dictates it will go down, not up. You have to create wealth before it can be distributed to those that need it and can buy it. Demand is created by the people that want the products, but demand alone does not create it, somebody with capital and work have to produce the wealth, then it can trickle down to those that buy the stuff and work for the people that produce it and sell it, adding to the cycle of prosperity. And human nature says that self interest motivates higher production and more wealth, all of which becomes shared by all, by all that are willing to be part of the productive economy, according to the efforts that they are free to choose. Its called freedom. Isn't it beautiful? Isn't this a grand place to live. I love it.
