Black Unemployment Rate at Record Low

[The Grand Nudger]

It is true that I am new enough that I don't have a reason to question motivations. That said.

Your Nope answer on whether you benefit from improved biz invest confuses me.  Are you saying none of your customers own a business? 

I can authoritatively state that none of them own a business..because they all work for my wife (and I personally know each and every one like only neighbors know each other), yes. They're middle class automotive factory workers who have the jobs every county is tripping over themselves...to gut their counties..to provide.....and who own just enough to see a tax -hike- from these tax "breaks", but who cannot..without committing fraud, rearrange their incomes (as I can) in the model of a pass through business, nor attribute their wages (as I can) to an LLC. They have good jobs, you see. I'm a "consultant" well dug in to local, state and federal government. In the winter...I sometimes pull part time hours managing them as a production supervisor - because I have a higher level of education/experience and come from a more demanding industry (DOD contract manufacturing). I have the chops and contacts (nepotism ftw) to come and go as I please and set my own terms. They, on the other hand, are prisoners of their own relatively fortunate situations.

To make it relatable...you know those guys you see putting mosquito traps on ditches and taking samples from your watershed runoff and quantifying game fish pops in local waterways? That's me.

(NRCS, EPA, KSAE, RCDC, F&G) -I'm a professional redneck. I work for fun, not because I have to (this hasn't always been the case). I do not have a mortgage or student loans or any debt whatsoever, and my effective tax rate is precisely 0% (before the tax cut for the rich I had to pay an accountant to effect that, now I don;t). I get a check every year.

None of your customers benefit by improved business (trickling down to you via disposable income).

Correct, in fact, this "trickling down" nonsense to which you are referring -reduces- their disposable income..and., thus, the amount of money I can extract from them as a business owner myself.  At some poinmt, they are no longer my target market (and are fucked in their own right) - but...ultimately.... I'll be fine..because they aren't my primary source of income. That would be you, in the form of federal funding, lol.

I do not know what kind of business you own, or what the clientele is, but, its kinda funny to see your own dependency on trickle down economics.  That is what you are claiming, more money in your upwardly mobile customers pockets will find its way into your pocket, right?

Niche agribusiness.  I operate a very small farm with a very specific clientele (predominantly the state). I depend, however, for my beer money..... on people not falling for bullshit that impoverishes them..like trickle down economics.

I don't mean to be dismissive, but I am skeptical of the accuracy of your knowledge regarding your customers income tax position.

I don't mind, but your "skepticism" doesn't change any fact of any matter.

Any more questions?