Labor Day is for us, the entrepreneurs

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1 pointrganguly3 comments

So, how 'bout a day off just for The Entrepreneur? On which he not only doesn't have to work, but he also gets "paid", i.e. the mechanic down at the garage, the Starbucks barrista, the immigrant office cleaner who empties his trash and polishes the very toilet bowl he uses as a meditation perch for composing his next blog post -- let them all work for him for a change, and for free, in his honor!

Being as he works so hard (heck, if you think about it, he's practically the only one who's really working) the other 364 days of the year, and has virtually no chance any upside as a reward for all his selfless toiling in their service.

I think you might have taken what I said a bit too far - the point isn't that entrepreneurs are the only ones working. It's that entrepreneurial spirit is the soul of our country. The mechanic at the garage, for example, is often an entrepreneur.

It's just that he seemed to be patting himself (or, his, uh, "class") on the back a bit too much.

Also, however you slice it, it's kind of gauche to do that on a day with (in however a tepid and toothless fashion, by international standards) is specifically intended to honor regular working folks.

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