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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Here's another idea
	Date:	1/9/2009 12:36:21 PM

I understand it can be done, but I have been involved in dozens of transactions and the kind of people that lose their jobs are senior leaders like controller, CFO, accountants, human resources, legal, etc. In almost all cases these positions are redundant with the buyer's resources and usually someone loses their job. I think your experience is very much the exception and not the rule.

I agree that you can understand the intellectual aspects of starting and growing a business. What I don't think any person can learn from others is the emotional aspect and it is that aspect that drives the strong opinions and reaction to things like taxes, government intervention, regulations, etc. Until you have laid awake at night staring at the ceiling with all your credit cards maxed and payroll is coming up and you are praying that a client check arrives the next day you can never truly understand how we feel. Until you have spent nights and weekends worrying and working on something that you created that other people depend on for their biweekly paycheck you can't really internalize how angry we become when we hear some of the things that come out of Washington and state capitals. Its like I can never really comprehend the experience of childbirth no matter many I stand through (although my feet were killing me.....do I get any sympathy???.....no?!?!....I didn't from my wife either although I am still alive which is a testimony to her character), and I've stood through several. I really believe you can't really internalize this emotional experience by intellectual thought. It just can't be done.