since you didn't respond, which I'm not sure why. I didn't think I was to harsh and figured if you could dish it out...

Hyperbole= Outragous

Albeit colorfuly red= Devils advocate

Angles to the rescue!= Years ago I heard entrepreneurs referred to as angles. I don’t remember how or why and this is the first time I joined the two.

The last paragraph was telling.
As an entrepreneur of over 20 years I took your piece as a slam.

I may be a tiny corporation compared to businesses I imagine you were describing, but we are major the work force of this nation. Many small business entrepreneurs sacrifice their time, energy and some of their profits for there employees and I am one of them. I learned early on that what makes a business successful is there employees. It doesn’t matter how smart the boss is, if they don’t have dexterous, content employees you will go down hill fast and probably fail. With that in mind I always treat my employees with the greatest respect and as I demand they show up for work everyday I pay 100% for there medical, vacation pay, and offer retirement plans all of which cuts directly into my personal income.

Yes, we do take chances and it sometimes comes with a price to the family. How many people are willing to put their house on the line for a gamble that their employees will make it work? I’ve been in the live, eat, sleep, and dream all business mode and it can put a drain on your health. Sure the rewards can be realized but it isn’t easy and help from state and federal governments in the form of tax cuts is a blessing.

I sometimes compare my career to my parents, who both worked many years for and retired as state employees. A simple content life, no worries of making payroll or paying more in taxes than the average worker grosses in a year or a employee calling in sick or having equipment fail on the job site or materials not arriving on time and so on. They lived in the same house and paid it off ten years before their retirement which yielded a six-figure income between them for their years of service. And here I am at the same age they were when their house was paid off still paying a mortgage, albeit small and stashing as much money as possible for retirement funds. Sure I’ve had bigger houses, more toys and can vacation with less restrictions, but is it a better life?

That’s question for the individual and I have come to the conclusion that both the employee and the employer reap the rewards of there needs and should not be criticized for there desires whether grand or simple and most of all, one needs the other for the objective harvest at the end of the day, year or life time.

I probably shouldn't have taken your piece personaly.