# You know the economy sucks when...

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**Created:** [August 12, 2011, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-the-economy-sucks-when/259930 "2011-08-12T09:38:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-the-economy-sucks-when/259930/39 "2011-08-14T12:49:21Z")

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> [@i laughed at this protest](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-laughed-at-this-protest/44576/10):
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> Most peoples ideas are pretty terrible. Id like to see a percentage that only included legitimate startups but unfortunatly thats subjective

That’s fair but the true stat would have to include ALL startups. That basically suggests that it’s a gamble. I am not saying one shouldn’t do it. But, given the failure rate and economy, it is not right to infer that it is something that anyone can do and easy to do.

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