the idea for the poll comes from this post: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3183175#post3183175
Having an economic system that is focused on innovation & productivity rather than protecting jobs that don't have the economic right to exist through market manipulations.
I can speak to this as a former entrepreneur. 1) Costs, head count and payroll are usually your biggest expense. If you add benefits to that, then you better have serious cash flow going on. 2) When you hire someone, lots of regulations on what type of workplace you have to provide, other duties, you have problems firing people, and so on. 3) You are always taking a chance with a new person. You only find out afterwards if they're lazy, incompetent, deceitful, overly negative. 4) Many times you can get efficiencies by software or other tools, or you can outsource many different projects. In short, an employer takes on lots of risks and responsibilities when hiring an employee. That employee should be very, very thankful for having a job, for that job is only there because the business has some cash flow.
This is precisely what I have experienced in the hiring process. I learned that everyone would say anything to get hired and after you hire them and train them, it becomes even more costly to fire them. Any thoughts on finding the best and the most motivated?