Rehctub, somehow to me, your post about shutting up shop smacks of coincidence combined with rhetoric. What possible reason directly attributable to the Govt at this time could be the cause of your businesses demise.

Is it the carbon tax ?, or the tax cuts and benefits proposed for small business operators funded by the mining Tax, or could it have been the stimulus provided by Govt to keep business and the economy upright during the GFC. Or is it the proposed increase in the national savings from 9% to 12 % in super causing the problem ?.

Where one business shuts down another opens and if the landlords in the shopping centres had any regulatory restraints upon them with regard to what is a reasonable rental for a premise, then a small business may have a chance to grow into a larger business.

Dear thinker 2,

Heaven help us all if the Opposition wins the next
election.

T2, we have had three pay increases in the past two years or so, which by the way, have been at a time when most small businesses themselves have been struggling to keep the doors open.

The governmentS are he'll bent on this thing they call competition, which is fine for them, as they are not the ones who are committed to a lease, often which involves the tying up of assetts.

As an example, we now have no fewer than 20 Woolworths within the morton shire, then ther,s Coles, aldi and all the ind.

Put simply, ther are simply to many shops for all shop keepers to survive.

Now the closing of ones shop is not the real issue, more so, it's the fact tha you ar committed to this lease and can be sued for hundreds of thousands, when essentially, the reasons for closure are often beyond your control.

My centre for instance has halved it's turnover in four years.

Now while I accept that living costs increase, do you honestly think the burden should be placed on to employers, many of which are going backwards?

Super. At which point in time are employees going to be forced to contriute to thier own future? Once again, the burden is to be placed on business.

Now if you get the chance to become a medium to larger business, say with 20 employees, our government then gifts you with pay roll tax.

You works hard, grow your business, taking huge risks along the way, then, once you create all these jobs you get penalized. Go figure!

Finally, your comment about when one goes another pops up is a dying trend, unless of cause you support the likes of Woolies and Coles and their duloporly.

Indy! come mate! desperation!, polls show Australians think Turnbull would be the better leader.
Sorry but electing Abbott, would be as bad as putting you or Rechtub in the job!
Now, not a sling, just based on what I see here.
Lexi, I GRIEVE!
But given Bill Shortens statement on 3AW yesterday, he will never stand for the leadership.
[ NEVER ?not soon?? never?
Rudd's return only can give any chance to us.

Heaven help us all if the Opposition wins the next
election.
Lexi,
At least it would be jumping from the fire into the frypan.

Belly,

Don't be so down in the mouth about Bill. It makes me think you haven't got the little message, clicked the little link I left for you on the 'Should the green senator resign?' thread.

And there's another little bit of brevity levity for you in the last link of my last post to that thread. Make another cup of coffee, and take a peek.

I reckon Swanny will shortly put a sock in all this potentially destabilising speculation.

Its getting to be like the good old days on the 'Power without pride thread', isn't it?