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Just sour grapes.

You don't have any magical insight into the industry. You're just drawing conclusions from one data point.

Here are two more data points for you: I've worked at two startups and so far both startups are solid successes.



Our country is just shy of $20 trillion in debt because investors spend their cash on startups like mine and expect the government to write it off on their taxes when it fails.


> because

While it's reasonable to bring up issues of moral hazard, blaming the national debt on startups has no relationship with reality.


I don't think you understand how tax write offs work. A $1 million loss in investments does not equal a tax bill $1 million less. At most it only means only paying $150k less in taxes (based on 15% capital gains tax). This only off sets other capital gain taxes.




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