Take a close look at what's going on in Athens this morning... You can't help but sympathize... I mean they're fighting on behalf of their country's Constitution; which guarantees jobs for life for all state employees... I kid you not...
Now take a look at what's going on in NYC this morning... You can't help but sympathize... I mean they're fighting for the rights the Greeks "enjoy"... I kid you not...
Angling politicians are lining up with sympathy for the Wall Street Occupation Movement... They feel their pain, they understand their frustration... It's just not fair that some should suffer while others enjoy up-town lives... We need more fairness in this country... We need to distribute that up-town wealth... We need to ensure prosperity for everyone... You know, like Greece...
Sad thing is, as the Greeks have come to learn, as Milton Friedman points out below, nirvana is not for this world...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeqPibwK_u4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
But You Promised!
"This is not the future I was promised!" reads the 3'x3' cardboard square held by a raging 20-something Wall Street demonstrator... I suspect she suspected life would be easier...
Now who would be these promisers,her parents? You think her parents promised her something other than what she's getting? That life would be that proverbial bowl of cherries? Or did she somehow interpret political-speak to suggest that she'd be better off today? Was she promised a free lunch?
So what's her story? Is she the worldly college student with a change-the-world attitude? Is she the laid-off factory worker on her 98th week of unemployment? Is she the trust-fund baby who'll never need to work? Did she get fired from Starbucks for dipping into the till? Is she the stay-at-home mom? Does she have bills to pay? Bills she wants us (taxpayers) to pay? Hmm??
What indeed would inspire her to leave her post in life to rebel without a [clearly defined] cause... By leaving work, by (assuming she lost her job) pushing her unemployment aid to the limit, by leaving her bills unpaid, is she saying she wants what the big banks got? A bailout? Is she thus a bit of a hypocrite?
Just saying......
Now who would be these promisers,her parents? You think her parents promised her something other than what she's getting? That life would be that proverbial bowl of cherries? Or did she somehow interpret political-speak to suggest that she'd be better off today? Was she promised a free lunch?
So what's her story? Is she the worldly college student with a change-the-world attitude? Is she the laid-off factory worker on her 98th week of unemployment? Is she the trust-fund baby who'll never need to work? Did she get fired from Starbucks for dipping into the till? Is she the stay-at-home mom? Does she have bills to pay? Bills she wants us (taxpayers) to pay? Hmm??
What indeed would inspire her to leave her post in life to rebel without a [clearly defined] cause... By leaving work, by (assuming she lost her job) pushing her unemployment aid to the limit, by leaving her bills unpaid, is she saying she wants what the big banks got? A bailout? Is she thus a bit of a hypocrite?
Just saying......
The Right Side of Big Government
According to the Federal Election Commission, President Obama has, thus far, raised as much 2012 campaign money as all the Republican candidates combined...
Now how in today's world
Now how in today's world
The Right Side of Big Government
According to the Federal Election Commission, President Obama has, thus far, raised as much 2012 campaign money as all the Republican candidates combined...
Now how in today's world (9.1% unemployment, $5.5 trillion new debt in 3 years, barely-moving GDP, huge budget deficit, low approval rating, etc.) can that be?
Well I'm afraid it makes perfect sense... You see the larger the government (grown beyond my wildest expectations), the more the influence it has over the economy - over business in general... And therefore the larger the motivation for cronies-to-be to lobby, to influence policy, to buy favor...
I.e., if you're on the right side of big government, big government is precisely what you're after...
Now how in today's world (9.1% unemployment, $5.5 trillion new debt in 3 years, barely-moving GDP, huge budget deficit, low approval rating, etc.) can that be?
Well I'm afraid it makes perfect sense... You see the larger the government (grown beyond my wildest expectations), the more the influence it has over the economy - over business in general... And therefore the larger the motivation for cronies-to-be to lobby, to influence policy, to buy favor...
I.e., if you're on the right side of big government, big government is precisely what you're after...
Saturday, October 15, 2011
UNFAIR TRADE ALERT!!!!
Quick somebody call Washington!! I just heard that Costco has marked down patio sets by 50% this weekend... This is going to kill patio set sales at every other major outlet in the U.S.!
We need to slap a cease-and-desist on Costco immediately! We're talking unfair trade; consumers will no doubt use their savings to buy even more stuff they need from Costco (unless someone else can more affordably offer them that even-more-stuff-they-need), and if we allow Costco to keep it up, it's going to buy even more property and expand (even more) its stores all over the country... Costco's trying to take over the nation!!
Ridiculous, right? Say right...
So........ China so desperately wants its enterprises to invest in the United States that it subsidizes their exports. I.e., spends its taxpayers' money buying down (through subsidies and (allegedly) "devaluing" its currency) the price of goods (making them very affordable to you and me) so its businesses can accumulate massive quantities of dollars with which to buy U.S. stuff, services and assets.
And BTW - - now think for a minute - - Chinese businesses buying assets from U.S. businesses gives China no power over our military, and places no Chinese politician in the U.S. Congress. I.e., China will garner no more power over the U.S. than Japan had back when a Japanese company bought Pebble Beach from a U.S. Company...
Make no mistake my friends.... We're being baited-and-switched into taking our aim off of the real issues facing this country; issues so clearly spelled out in this two minute video...
We need to slap a cease-and-desist on Costco immediately! We're talking unfair trade; consumers will no doubt use their savings to buy even more stuff they need from Costco (unless someone else can more affordably offer them that even-more-stuff-they-need), and if we allow Costco to keep it up, it's going to buy even more property and expand (even more) its stores all over the country... Costco's trying to take over the nation!!
Ridiculous, right? Say right...
So........ China so desperately wants its enterprises to invest in the United States that it subsidizes their exports. I.e., spends its taxpayers' money buying down (through subsidies and (allegedly) "devaluing" its currency) the price of goods (making them very affordable to you and me) so its businesses can accumulate massive quantities of dollars with which to buy U.S. stuff, services and assets.
And BTW - - now think for a minute - - Chinese businesses buying assets from U.S. businesses gives China no power over our military, and places no Chinese politician in the U.S. Congress. I.e., China will garner no more power over the U.S. than Japan had back when a Japanese company bought Pebble Beach from a U.S. Company...
Make no mistake my friends.... We're being baited-and-switched into taking our aim off of the real issues facing this country; issues so clearly spelled out in this two minute video...
Friday, October 14, 2011
Economic Freedom in America Today (video)
Watch this video, and, if you relate, please forward it on...
While the recent trend, in terms of the growth of government, is troubling, the good news is we're talking about it (observation is step one), and you're sharing this with everyone you know... They won't all sympathize, but just maybe you'll get them thinking... Feel free to comment, pro or con, below...
http://youtu.be/F4fWQnguR1E
While the recent trend, in terms of the growth of government, is troubling, the good news is we're talking about it (observation is step one), and you're sharing this with everyone you know... They won't all sympathize, but just maybe you'll get them thinking... Feel free to comment, pro or con, below...
http://youtu.be/F4fWQnguR1E
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