I'm getting old and I'm pulling back on the amount of work I do. Since I account for 90+% of all the new engagements plus spend my weekends keeping up with all of the things necessary to keep the guys working I'm pulling back on my efforts and so will only engage enough to keep 2 guys working. I've been extremely generous on the percentage of hourly charge that flowed through to them and it's not worth my time any more if I'm going to be paying a larger percentage of what I keep. It was either that or the passthrough would be reduced by the amount that they roll back the Bush tax cuts along with the additional load that will be placed on me. My net has to yield an amount that makes it worth my time. He didn't agree so he's on his own and I wish him luck in his endeavors. It might end up that it becomes so onerous that I'll shut the whole damn thing down and enjoy what I've made so far.
I will now have time to drive my Cobra and Corvette and play with my grandchildren.
As you may have noticed some time ago I changed my sig line to reflect ex-Sheepdog. This dog now really likes the thought of lying at the top of the hill in the warm sunshine. Gotta wolf problem? Call the shepherd (Obama).