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its $2.15 here, and when you take about .40 cents per gallon of
State
and Fed taxes off, it could get better, but that's not gonna
happen.

That's the irony of the most recent congression hearings into the
large oil company profits.

The oil companies make about 7 1/2% profit. The government makes
almost 20%...but nobody is investigating the government's profits!


Government's "profit?"
Yes, tax revenue is a profit...until the government wastefully spends
it again.




Uh-huh. Is that what you learn on NewsMax?
If revenue comes in, and you don't purchase anything with the revenue,
then what do you call the money that is left over at the end of the
year? The IRS calls it profit.

I just bought 4 Dell computers and $6k worth of dental handpieces
because I wanted to take advantage of my Section 179 tax savings before
the year ended. I could have made it awhile longer on the older
equipment, but *chose* to spend the money now. If I didn't buy the
computers and handpieces, I would have ended the year with an
additional $11000 in profit.

Get it?




We're not talking about your dental practice and its profit. We're
talking about the government.

Oh, and I would eliminate that "tax savings" for your dental practice,
and all other forms of business welfare.

And I (and most small business owners) would eliminate year-end purchases
that are done with the intent to save taxes. That can't be good for the
economy.

No argument for me.


And I also planned on taking 1/2 of that tax savings and giving it to
my employees as a holiday bonus. I guess I'll just have to forgo the
bonuses this year too.

Pay them more and they won't need your handouts. Do you also delivery a
Christmas goose to their house?

I already told you. My hygienist earns $38/hr plus 3 weeks paid vacation,
paid holidays, matching pension plan, and health insurance. That's an
$85k/year compensation package (based upon a 40 hour week...but she only
works 32 hr/week) for a lady who spent two years in hygiene school after
high school.

My assistant earns $20/hr and all the same benefits. Not bad for someone
with one year of assisting school after high school.

The Christmas bonus is in lieu of a performance bonus. I don't want them
"selling" dentistry just to pad their bonus checks.

And now you know why dentistry is so damn expensive. Every hour that I'm
open, I have $80 in salaries and benefits to pay out. And that doesn't
include fixed overhead, lab bills, dental supply bills, and insurance.

It costs $250/hr to run the average dental practice...plus lab bills. If
someone cancels last minute or is a no-show, I don't charge them. Most
dentists do in order to help cover the $250/hr overhead.