Richard PearsonWell, friend, understand what you will, your prerogative. "Decent lifestlye" - is subjective, of course; and by "smart," I did not mean as opposed to dumb. What I meant was, as in, keen, clever, pragmatic, sensible. We have the economic system that we have and one may use it to their benefit, legally, or be exploited by such machinations, continually, increasingly paying more into the chronically bleeding coffers and continually receiving less benefit - barring a scant few Countries where the pay-in more or less equals the pay-out. Operating through LLCs is nothing new. Own nothing yet control all the assets is the mantra of the financially elite - of which, I am not. Is that fair, equitable for the Society as a whole? Debatable. Is that immoral? Also debatable. Keep in mind though, the entrepreneurs are the ones who create jobs for the productive class. And, as Mr. Walker mentioned, one needs serious backbone to succeed as there is practically zero incentive in the majority of European countries for entrepreneurs to start-up - which, of course, is counterintuitive to a strong economy. If you can play a fiddle, hows about a British jig and reel, while the steel mills rust. (El Clash Combo)
WildwoodInteresting reply, which I believe, not being that smart, and reading between the lines, basically agrees with what I said in the first place.