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“Fire them all…”
Over the past thirty or forty years, I’ve
hired and fired a good number of people.
Hiring is easy, firing is hard. When you’re
hiring, you’re giving someone a chance and a
hope that their actions (as well as yours)
will lead everyone to a more productive
lifestyle. Firing someone is somewhat more
difficult since you know your actions are
going to cause stress on someone’s life and
most likely their family. If you hired
someone by mistake (mine) and they really
were not cut out for the job position, you
could not help but feel sorry for them
because you had to let them go. They should
not have been hired in the first place, but
often times you just were hoping they could
pull it together and make the cut.
The only time you didn’t mind firing someone
is when you had put your faith and trust in
them and they have let you down. They either
failed to do what they were hired to do or
they were totally unresponsive to your
instructions concerning their job
descriptions. The folks who fit into this
category were never an issue with me. Shame
on them for taking my money and my time.
Good riddance.
The people in Washington fit the second
category. An argument can be made in light
of Senator Bunning’s’ actions these past
several days. Senator Bunning is not running
for re-election and effectively stopped the
extension of the unemployment payments by
asking how the congress expected to pay for
the benefits. For this he has been called
every name in the book. The liberals have
pounced on Senator Bunning as if he were the
anti-Christ and the foulest monster known to
mankind. The senator was merely asking the
congress to live up to their own rules
imposed a few weeks ago to pay for any new
benefits ‘as you go’. It’s obvious the
liberals (and some Republicans) are
uncomfortable with actually putting this
concept into action. Let’s talk a good game,
but carry on business as usual. Meanwhile
the national debt is approaching 13 trillion
dollars and once the unfunded liabilities
are factored in, we have a debt in this
country equal to over 4 times our total
gross domestic product. The various unfunded
liabilities are as follows:
OASDI (Social Security)
(7,677)
Medicare Part A (13,770)
Medicare Part B (17,165)
Medicare Part D (7,172)
Unfunded Liabilities
(45,784)
Net Explicit Debt (11,456)
Total Debt and Unfunded
Liabilities (57,240)
GDP 9/2009 14,242
Ratio 402%
Hiding some
forms of debt is as old as the hills; anyone
who has ever borrowed money for a
corporation knows how this game is played.
You lease rather than buy, and the balance
of the lease is not shown anywhere, but
believe me it’s there if you want to drop
out and go home. A good CPA will tell you
that accounting is an art not a science. The
government employs the same people; they
know how the shell game is played.
It appears so do the members of the United
States Congress, they want to continue to
play this old game until they get their
money and head for the hills. They don’t
think we’re smart enough to figure out what
is happening. We’re too stupid to know
anything or be able to do anything about
their actions.
They are not listening to us. They are not
paying attention to what we are saying. They
are not following our directions.
They need to be fired.
They need to be replaced with individuals
who will listen to what we’re saying to
them. They need to respect the wishes and
thoughts of the voters in their districts.
Members of Congress ( Baron Hill) who make
statements such as … “This is MY town hall
meeting and you Will abide by MY rules…” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtmgQ2W3lhM)
should be sent home and kicked out of their
political revelry. This is not
representation in any way shape or form.
This is pure distain for the voting public.
Do not let this moment in time pass, keep up
the pressure, talk to people, e-mail your
friends, stop watching sit-coms and watch
the news on every channel, make noise….if
enough of us bang the drums…someone will
hear.
Comments go to
www.pearyperry.com
Complaints go nowhere…..
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