this is the battle cry of the uneducated in america. it's become fairly obvious to me that our education system has failed. we have tunred out people who do not know how to use a calculator. okay i'm going to help you people....
first we'll use the 150 billion stimulus package we all got a piece of awhile back as the mold to make our equation make sense and be accurate.
so all singles got $600.00 and married couples got $1200.00 so basically 600 bucks a head. we have a population of around 300,000,000 people right now. if we take 150 billion and divide it by 300 million what do we get? we get $500 bucks. that's pretty close to what we got per person for the stimulus package. so we can alter the amount of people to come to a more accurate number than the 300 million we used as a referrence point. if we take 150 billion and divide it by 250 million people we come to $600.00 per person. bingo the magic number the govt used to give the stimulus package!
okay so there is 350 billion dollars left of the 700 billion "bailout money". so if we take 350 billion divided by 250 million people..what do we get? go ahead use your calculator, i'll wait............................................................................................................................okay it comes to $1400 per person.
okay so 1400 bucks is a good chunk of cash right? so let's work through this new found dumbass economic belief of "the trickle up theory" as it's been dubed. american families on avg. owe over 9 to 10 grand in credit card debt alone. we know from common sense that most owe much more on their mortgage and car loans and other loans like home equity...but let's just stick to credit card debt to keep the example simple.
okay so we send out a check of 1400 bucks to singles and 2800 to married couples. who as a family all owe around 10,000 dollars to credit cards. so where does this money end up going...yep to pay down credit cards and catch up on the mortgage and car loans and other debts, etc. so basically it's handing the money to the banks. wait a minute...isn't this what the "wall street bailout" is doing? handing the money to the banks to help shore up/stabilize their toxic debt load? yep, that's right. so these trickle up dumbass theorists would rather make our govt spend millions to print out and mail checks so they in turn, can turn around and spend gas to deposit it and then turn back around and send it to the banks. that makes a hell of allot of sense...doesn't it?!? once the 1400 bucks is gone the people, even if they used it to pay down credit card debt alone, would still owe $7,600 bucks. so it didn't exactly do anything for the person did it? when you owe tens of thousands of dollars a mere 1400 bucks is like a crumb. it won't stop you from starving to death.
okay so have we finally put this stupid moronic idea to rest? please tell me everyone gets it now. giving this money to the people doesn't do any good. it won't save the economy or your job. even if you spent it on a big flat screen plasma or lcd tv at the walmart it still won't fix anything..because the debt load being carried by america as a whole has to be paid back and this is what we are seeing. people not investing their money into businesses or stocks or anywhere because they know america already owes too much money and can't ever pay it back.
so please people think through your ideas before you start rambling them all over the internet. this idea shows sheer stupidity as well as a shocking lack of overall underastanding of the economy and shows you are either too cheap or stupid to buy and use a calculator. it's embarrasing.
ps...this entry wasn't written towards my two readers/friends. i know they are quite smart and can use a calculator. it was written for you imbeciles that post non stop on aol and other comment allowing news story sites...and constantly spit out your stupid ideas to fix the world. one of the biggest mistake a person can make in life is to think they are smarter than they really are. likewise to think they are smarter than everyone else.
there si only one way to fix the economy...and no one is going to like it. it involves going back to proper lending strategies. saving not overpsending and borrowing, and working hard for realisitic wages. the days of making 50k while twiddling one's thumbs most of the day are over union boys. you cannot make low level unskilled jobs pay middle class wages. it doesn't work and we are seeing it come apart right now in the auto world. if you want to make more you have to increase you education and your skill level. there is no easy way out of this. it's gonna be hard on everyone and everyone will have to learn to live with less and while working more. the unions lied to you, you were never middle class pulling a lever and putting a tire on a car. it was a nice run, stop being bitter and be happy you got away with it for so long. now it's time to pay the piper. those who are strong will survive and get educated and skilled in professions that support middle class wages. those that are weak and lazy will fail and end up homeless and collecting welfare. you don't have to like it, but it is the way it is and will be.......
Showing posts with label union. Show all posts
Showing posts with label union. Show all posts
Friday, December 12, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
one idea on how to handle the union problem in america......
ahhh unions. love them or hate them we seem to be stuck with them, for now. so instead of debating on how to shut them down or expand them...we should address how to reform them and make them fair to the worker and business.
one idea i have, came from the free market philosophy. there are many problems with unions like corruption, and blackmailing, black listing, and intimidation...so many to list them all could take forever. so rather than spend an entire article on this...here is my solution. there isn't enough competition in unions. think about it. competition makes things cheaper, better, and more useful, among other things. if unions had to compete for workers...then they would have to lower their member rates. they would have to do a better job of negotiating with management. they would have to treat their lower tiered and lower senority members fairly and equally. rather than work by gaining members by corrupt policies made to force people into joining....it would force union mangement to do a better job of addressing real concerns of their members and how to do a fair job for a fair price. this is a win for both workers and company management.
it seems so simple doesn't it? to fix this long running middle class killing entity of america. the union. then why won't it happen and why hasn't it? well because it's all about big money. everyone talks about big oil, and big auto, etc. rarely do you hear mention of big labor, but you do from time to time. labor is a huge money machine. one of the biggest money makers in this country...little do you realize. these current unions know this far too well and have done everything they can to keep control of it and expand it. they don't like press and exposure and are notorious for using physical force and threats to put a clamp on anyone who tries to shake their tree of money.
the real facts are...forget all that union propaganda they shove down your throats. they need you more than you need them. their leaders make huge money and they only really negotiate to help themselves. this is an absolute fact. in right to work states...if you refuse to join the union...you still get the same pay and benefits the union negotiated for their paying members. you don't get less and you pay the union nothing in your weekly check. this is a fact. look it up. the union isn't stupid though, they will tell you propaganda like if we didn't negotiate those wages and benefits then you wouldn't get them. the company would pay you in pennies if you were lucky. they also try to say things that aren't relevant anymore like if it wasn't for us you'd get no vacations, no holidays, and no benefits. the also things like without us, the company would have you working 100 hours a week, 7 days a week...with no lunch breaks, etc. well i can tell you this is not true. it's made up history. the facts are there are worker rights laws thast have been passed over the decades. you would get all these things without the union today. not to mention the free market has set up things like paid vacations on their own. while not all private compaines do them most do and it's due more to the workers not wanting to work jobs without these benefits than any union. the federal work laws do everything the union does and more in some cases. add in trial lawyers and this keeps companies in line with the fear of multi billion dollar lawsuits. the market truly sets wages and benefits. it's a pretty simple concept. as an example if no one will work a 7 dollar an hour job with no benefits...then the pay has to go up and always does. eventually the right pay and beenfits will attract workers and when it does it's set. the market (meaning the people/workers) did the work. not the union.
so the truth is you don't need them....but if we can't get rid of them earning money off your sweat, and hard work. then we may as well force them to modernize and compete with one another to lower the cost to you the worker. after all this is about you, not them. it's about getting the most money and benefits for the hard work you do. if you need a union to get this for you, fine. it only seems fair though that you should have some choices on who you want to use to do your labor negotiating, so you can pay the least out of your check to them and get the most for you. after all, you need all the money you can get to feed your family, pay your rent, and clothe your kids.
i'd start my own union to comete with the uaw and the like, to drive down fees and money from your paychecks and the like...but it wouldn't be long before i ended up at the bottom of a river or bay with my feet in a concrete bucket. no one likes their easy money machine messed with....and the unions are no different. they would kill rather than do the right thing and change and reform for the sake of the workers and american industry.
one idea i have, came from the free market philosophy. there are many problems with unions like corruption, and blackmailing, black listing, and intimidation...so many to list them all could take forever. so rather than spend an entire article on this...here is my solution. there isn't enough competition in unions. think about it. competition makes things cheaper, better, and more useful, among other things. if unions had to compete for workers...then they would have to lower their member rates. they would have to do a better job of negotiating with management. they would have to treat their lower tiered and lower senority members fairly and equally. rather than work by gaining members by corrupt policies made to force people into joining....it would force union mangement to do a better job of addressing real concerns of their members and how to do a fair job for a fair price. this is a win for both workers and company management.
it seems so simple doesn't it? to fix this long running middle class killing entity of america. the union. then why won't it happen and why hasn't it? well because it's all about big money. everyone talks about big oil, and big auto, etc. rarely do you hear mention of big labor, but you do from time to time. labor is a huge money machine. one of the biggest money makers in this country...little do you realize. these current unions know this far too well and have done everything they can to keep control of it and expand it. they don't like press and exposure and are notorious for using physical force and threats to put a clamp on anyone who tries to shake their tree of money.
the real facts are...forget all that union propaganda they shove down your throats. they need you more than you need them. their leaders make huge money and they only really negotiate to help themselves. this is an absolute fact. in right to work states...if you refuse to join the union...you still get the same pay and benefits the union negotiated for their paying members. you don't get less and you pay the union nothing in your weekly check. this is a fact. look it up. the union isn't stupid though, they will tell you propaganda like if we didn't negotiate those wages and benefits then you wouldn't get them. the company would pay you in pennies if you were lucky. they also try to say things that aren't relevant anymore like if it wasn't for us you'd get no vacations, no holidays, and no benefits. the also things like without us, the company would have you working 100 hours a week, 7 days a week...with no lunch breaks, etc. well i can tell you this is not true. it's made up history. the facts are there are worker rights laws thast have been passed over the decades. you would get all these things without the union today. not to mention the free market has set up things like paid vacations on their own. while not all private compaines do them most do and it's due more to the workers not wanting to work jobs without these benefits than any union. the federal work laws do everything the union does and more in some cases. add in trial lawyers and this keeps companies in line with the fear of multi billion dollar lawsuits. the market truly sets wages and benefits. it's a pretty simple concept. as an example if no one will work a 7 dollar an hour job with no benefits...then the pay has to go up and always does. eventually the right pay and beenfits will attract workers and when it does it's set. the market (meaning the people/workers) did the work. not the union.
so the truth is you don't need them....but if we can't get rid of them earning money off your sweat, and hard work. then we may as well force them to modernize and compete with one another to lower the cost to you the worker. after all this is about you, not them. it's about getting the most money and benefits for the hard work you do. if you need a union to get this for you, fine. it only seems fair though that you should have some choices on who you want to use to do your labor negotiating, so you can pay the least out of your check to them and get the most for you. after all, you need all the money you can get to feed your family, pay your rent, and clothe your kids.
i'd start my own union to comete with the uaw and the like, to drive down fees and money from your paychecks and the like...but it wouldn't be long before i ended up at the bottom of a river or bay with my feet in a concrete bucket. no one likes their easy money machine messed with....and the unions are no different. they would kill rather than do the right thing and change and reform for the sake of the workers and american industry.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
