The American Economy....the real problem GREED...

There's an article on yahoo today about who will struggle in 2011....it's pretty much covers all of us.  The comments read like a bad list of who's to blame for the problem....there is no easy answer to that question.  But here are some ideas.....

The first person to blame is the person that hasn't voted in their life....don't vote and you get what your neighbor, who voted, wanted...prob not what you wanted or needed.  The second one is the person that voted.....without asking what the guy running for office was going to do to help the community, county, state or country he was going to represent.  Next on the list, some blame has to go to the person that voted the party line.  Not every republican or democrat is a good one.  STOP BEING SHEEP!!!  The next person to blame is the one that voted for the person that was already in office last time, without asking, did he or she help the problem or just yell and scream and cause problems???  I know people in Nevada, California and Utah voted for Reed, Pelosi and Hatch because of different reasons, but did it make sense to send people back with your beliefs that do a lot to create hate and discontent???  No not really.  Now that covers those of us that could have helped the problem with what little power we still have.

The biggest group that is to blame.....and i know i will take alot of heat for this one, is Big Business.  But let me explain.  I have no problem with someone making a buck, getting ahead for what they work for.  I have no problem with someone getting "rich" off their effort.  I don't think the rich should pay for everything.  I know that trickle down economics and trickle up poverty are pretty much the same thing.  One is just how a Republican tells you that the rich will get richer and poor, poorer and the other is a Democrat talking....But what i do have a problem with are companies that make out rageous profits.  Thank of poor Exxon-Mobil that last quarter reported that it only made 9.92 Billion in net profit.  I hope that some of you understand what NET means here,  that's what you get after you pay the taxes and bills.   At the same time all of us have seen the price of gas and other petroleum based products jump in price.  Can you say bend over consumer????  I have no problem with them making money, but come on, almost 10 billion in a three month period, while raising prices and whining that things are tough for them because of hurricanes and other things???  Do we really look that stupid???  My conclusion.........YEA most of the American public is.

 It doesn't stop there, almost every industry does it.......why???  Well part of the problem is that there is an expectation for stock holders to get bigger and more returns on their investment.  I don't have a problem with that either...but hey come on...times are suppose to be tuff right now.....right???  Everyone is suppose to tighten their belts....give a little and work their way thru this.....how many times have we all heard that one??  First thing you should do, is ask your self, is the person that said that doing their part???  In the case of Big Business and the Government in America...The Answer is HELL NO.  Did congress take a pay cut???  Did they cut down on staff??  No, The voted for a pay raise...and they increased their staffs.  How many CEO types have taken a pay cut???  How many in upper management?  How many companies cut the upper 10% of there bureaucracy?  The Answer....hardly any.  The rich didn't tighten their belts.....how do you know for sure....cause somewhere someone just made and sold a gold plated toilet seat......and someone just got crapped on.

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"We seem to be paying some of our employees an awful lot of money." –Mortimer Duke (Don Ameche)
"Can't get around the old minimum wage, Mortimer." –Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd)

Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed. --Albert Einstein

Are we too late to change?  Are we too scared to try? too stupid to know how? Or too Greedy to care?
I hope not.

The Smurph

Intro to What and Who's Bad Syntax Rant....hehehehehe

Image via WikipediaFirst thing that you need to know, is that i won't pull punches, i won't be politically correct.  I believe that both of those concepts are reasons, that things that need to be said and talked about aren't.  I don't think "Conservatives" get it right all the time.  I don't think "liberals" get it right all the time.  I think both are way off on some of their views.  I believe you don't get anything done right, if you take a radical view or approach.  I am not a very religious person, but i have a background that doesn't leave me much choice,  so i quote biblical sayings, deal with it.  I quote from movies, tv shows, friends and bar toast too......whatever fits the subject.  I don't believe that every word in an opinion posted here has to be speeled right (i did that on purpose)  lol  I won't always use the right punctuation either....i write like i talk...if i want a pause in the rant.............................................I put one.... :D  If you think because my writing skill takes away from my ideas and lessens there value somehow.  I believe you are part of the problem and really not who i write this for.  Well if i haven't pissed off everyone that reads this yet......wait.  I take political, social and just plain silly headlines from the news and give what i call the working mans simple view.  I don't think anything can be solved by a 2000 page bill and i don't think everything can be solved by having the government stay out of it.

Stay tuned.

Smuph