America has become a dust bowl, reminiscent of John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" where farmers left their devastated drought stricken farms to look west for work.
Today's unemployment has reached a staggering 600,000 and growing. The meltdown on Wall Street and the inability of small businesses access to loans and capital has created the greatest disaster in history for everybody, not only the "little man", but the "fat cats" in their ivory castles as well.
Now is the time to look at the psyche of the American person, and acknowledge that they have become lazy and overly-particular about what type of job they want to do.
It is time to bring back jobs to America.
It is no longer viable to outsource jobs to other countries. All those manufacturing jobs that are outsourced in China and Korea and India, etc. should be brought back into this country.
Government/States should give incentives to companies to bring manufacturing back into the cities and rural areas, which will create jobs for thousands of people. It will in turn create revenue for the States in company taxes and individual taxes.
It will bring better supervision of the quality of products being manufactured, so that there are no crises of milk pollution to kill babies, lead poisoning of children, poor quality materials used in manufacturing.
The price of goods may go up some, but not enough that the savings overall in the creation of jobs would not offset the increases. Earning $10 an hour is still better than earning $0 an hour and that should still include benefits.
It is an indictment on us, the American people, that we have allowed ourselves to become complacent and have not had the will to do our own work. There is nothing wrong with working in a factory producing quality goods for our families.There is nothing wrong with an article having the label "Made in America".
Bring back our jobs, bring back our soldiers, bring back our dignity.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Baby Boomers Retirement
The first baby boomer applying for social security, and the balance of tax-paying workers to Social Security recipients, has shifted severely since the end of WWII.
Quote from the October 15, 2007 edition of ABC Nightly News with Charles Gibson:
"At the end of World War II, there were 44 workers paying Social Security taxes for every retiree collecting from the program. Now the ratio is just three workers for every one retiree. And soon there will be more retirees than workers. "
Scary?
A few years ago, did you have an image of strolling down the beach, care-free, as the waves lapped at your feet?
Or, maybe it was yourself and a loved one discovering some far off place together, finally fulfilling the lifelong dream of traveling the world…
Or perhaps you saw yourself at a big retirement ceremony… all your coworkers
congratulating you on your graduation into the “good life” of retirement?
Was it anything close to those images?
If so, that’s great... You are in the very small minority of baby boomers who feel “optimistic” about their futures.
For the rest, the thought of pleasure activities and lifelong dreams immediately brings up the familiar image of a question mark in front of a dollar sign.
Nick Marks, arguably the most accomplished internet marketer on the web today, has written a report showing you, step-by-step, how to tap into an endless stream of money... and how to have a great time doing it.
You do not need to be a baby boomer to make these tactics work for you. There are people of all ages and backgrounds making a whole lot of money on the Internet. However, Nick says his book was written with boomers in mind for 2 reasons:
"1. I hear from baby boomers all the time who are very frightened about their futures, and I know this guide can help put an end to that fear because I’ve seen it happen for people.
2. Because anyone who has been walking the earth between 43 and 61 years is almost certain to possess a key ingredient to success when marketing online"
Plus, Boomers have follow-through…
Whether you realize it or not, Baby Boomers have special knowledge and experience that people will gladly pay top dollar for once put it into a simple guide that will save them time and money...
The “Baby Boomer’s Guide To Online Income” contains all the steps to finding out which of your skill sets people will be most eager to learn from you... Plus, how to write the book so people will get the most from it.
It will also teach you ways to make money online that require absolutely no writing, no direct selling, or in some cases, not even a website.
This is a book that will empower you to make money by offering quality products and services to people who can truly benefit from them, at no cost to yourself. Find a niche market in which you are interested, and have fun while earning extra residual income.
Go now to "Baby Boomers Guide to Online Income"
Quote from the October 15, 2007 edition of ABC Nightly News with Charles Gibson:
"At the end of World War II, there were 44 workers paying Social Security taxes for every retiree collecting from the program. Now the ratio is just three workers for every one retiree. And soon there will be more retirees than workers. "
Scary?
A few years ago, did you have an image of strolling down the beach, care-free, as the waves lapped at your feet?
Or, maybe it was yourself and a loved one discovering some far off place together, finally fulfilling the lifelong dream of traveling the world…
Or perhaps you saw yourself at a big retirement ceremony… all your coworkers
congratulating you on your graduation into the “good life” of retirement?
Was it anything close to those images?
If so, that’s great... You are in the very small minority of baby boomers who feel “optimistic” about their futures.
For the rest, the thought of pleasure activities and lifelong dreams immediately brings up the familiar image of a question mark in front of a dollar sign.
Nick Marks, arguably the most accomplished internet marketer on the web today, has written a report showing you, step-by-step, how to tap into an endless stream of money... and how to have a great time doing it.
You do not need to be a baby boomer to make these tactics work for you. There are people of all ages and backgrounds making a whole lot of money on the Internet. However, Nick says his book was written with boomers in mind for 2 reasons:
"1. I hear from baby boomers all the time who are very frightened about their futures, and I know this guide can help put an end to that fear because I’ve seen it happen for people.
2. Because anyone who has been walking the earth between 43 and 61 years is almost certain to possess a key ingredient to success when marketing online"
Plus, Boomers have follow-through…
Whether you realize it or not, Baby Boomers have special knowledge and experience that people will gladly pay top dollar for once put it into a simple guide that will save them time and money...
The “Baby Boomer’s Guide To Online Income” contains all the steps to finding out which of your skill sets people will be most eager to learn from you... Plus, how to write the book so people will get the most from it.
It will also teach you ways to make money online that require absolutely no writing, no direct selling, or in some cases, not even a website.
This is a book that will empower you to make money by offering quality products and services to people who can truly benefit from them, at no cost to yourself. Find a niche market in which you are interested, and have fun while earning extra residual income.
Go now to "Baby Boomers Guide to Online Income"
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Life in the times of The Magnificent Seven
I was watching an old re-run of The Magnificent Seven this morning while waiting for the laundry to dry and hunkering down because of rainy,miserable weather. Hurricane Ike has come aground, and the country is awash in water.
Although I have seen it many times, it was a nostalgic journey back in time, when the good guys were good, the bad guys were really bad, and good always won out over evil.
In our "today" world, life is no longer black and white, good and bad, or where the good guys are always right. It is a world of grey and menacing threats, everything is not as it appears on the surface, and the bad buys are lurking in the mountains.
We don't appear to have a band of brothers to come and save us from threats and dangers.
I am not sure why today's film stars think they are so much superior to the rest of mankind.
Back in those times Yul Brunner, Charles Bronson and Steve McQueen et al, were doing a job, just like the man at the gas station, the doctor or the gym trainer. The fact that people recognized them on walk-abouts and made them "celebs" did not detract from their inherent connection with everyday people.
History teaches us everything and nothing. We refuse to learn from past mistakes or even past triumphs. We continue stumbling around trying to re-invent the wheel (oh so far in history!!).
Until there is a universal understanding that all men need to work together to create a world that will sustain all mankind, regardless of race, color, creed or religion, life will continue to be fraught with uncertainty and unhappiness at all levels. I know the rich don't want to really share wealth with the poor, and there will always be those that have and those that don't have. It is childish and naive to believe that all men will share equally.
We are missing the simplicity of life when The Magnificent Seven saved the village from the bandit and they all lived happily ever after. Well, some of them didn't live, but what the heck, it was only a movie!
Although I have seen it many times, it was a nostalgic journey back in time, when the good guys were good, the bad guys were really bad, and good always won out over evil.
In our "today" world, life is no longer black and white, good and bad, or where the good guys are always right. It is a world of grey and menacing threats, everything is not as it appears on the surface, and the bad buys are lurking in the mountains.
We don't appear to have a band of brothers to come and save us from threats and dangers.
I am not sure why today's film stars think they are so much superior to the rest of mankind.
Back in those times Yul Brunner, Charles Bronson and Steve McQueen et al, were doing a job, just like the man at the gas station, the doctor or the gym trainer. The fact that people recognized them on walk-abouts and made them "celebs" did not detract from their inherent connection with everyday people.
History teaches us everything and nothing. We refuse to learn from past mistakes or even past triumphs. We continue stumbling around trying to re-invent the wheel (oh so far in history!!).
Until there is a universal understanding that all men need to work together to create a world that will sustain all mankind, regardless of race, color, creed or religion, life will continue to be fraught with uncertainty and unhappiness at all levels. I know the rich don't want to really share wealth with the poor, and there will always be those that have and those that don't have. It is childish and naive to believe that all men will share equally.
We are missing the simplicity of life when The Magnificent Seven saved the village from the bandit and they all lived happily ever after. Well, some of them didn't live, but what the heck, it was only a movie!
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