Lex has paid the Griffin twice what Lex makes on each posting for these gems of wisdom. They are worth every cent Lex paid for them.
Wringing the Golden Goose's neck
Like the steady din of the horns in the background of the World Cup, the government idiocy that marks this administration becomes numbing after a while. Kindred to the drip, drip, drip of a Chinese water torture.
The political lesson apparently needs an occasional reinvigorating. The lesson is that when the people know for sure that their will is being superseded for the will of the government they will act. And it will be with vigor.
Two good friends I spoke with this week have started their own businesses. There are more new business start ups in a bad economy than in a good economy. Of course people tend to sit on their backsides when times are good and take control when times are not good. Unless of course, the people are clueless and requires the government to run all the important aspects of their lives. The first business of America is business. It is the lifeline that supports every social program, the military and the dubious earmark/paybacks to political supporters.
A lesson that I have passed on more than once to my own children is that you have to take care of yourself first before you can help others. This includes our governments. The nonsensical gangs in the White House and Congress have turned that 180 degrees and held that course for the last four years. Like the lotto winner that squanders several million dollars, wealth it is not appreciated for its real value until it is gone. Wealth provides options that those without it do not have.
When our government imposes harsh restrictions on generating wealth and businesses they are pointing the pistol at their own heads. The unforgivable adder is then for government to demand the remaining fruits and squander them too. The real seed corn that is left over is the ingenuity and determination of the individual to retake as much control as possible back from any government that imposes its will on an unwilling public.
Ideology and pragmatism can coexist, but only in such a ratio that allows pragmatism to be the far greater content of the mix. The pendulum is swinging hard back to center. It will probably overshoot. But the business of America demands it now and for the next 5-10 years.
The treasury now is as empty as the talking heads now in control. They have squandered the treasury and their opportunities. Rather than admit it, they have been inclined blame others as racist, near homicidal, and unhinged. It validates, more than they realize, the desire of the people to remove them from power. November will see the Buckeyes go undefeated, a new conservative congress, and a nice family get-together at Thanksgiving. Can’t wait.
Labor Vs. Business, can’t we all just get along?
Why is it that the libs pound away that you are either pro-labor or pro-business? Can’t a person be both? It is like saying my left arm is numb but the rest of me is okay. Really? So who wins when the libs force a factory to Botswana, US workers are laid off, the product quality goes to crap, and the companies brand goes the way of the dodo bird? No one wins. Workers draw from the union fund and unemployment is paid for by the taxpayers. Great long term strategy by the government and Big Business is the bad guy. And taxes? Less for the government.
The government as an unbiased arbitrator
GM stock will soon come up for sale (next week?). How can the government provide an unbiased prospectus of the stock offering when the government owns it? Is the role of the government to protect or exploit the citizens? “Hey Joe, let’s take grandma’s life savings and buy GM stock from the government”. “Yea the gov’t is saying it is a rock solid investment”. All companies position their companies in the best possible light when offering stock. I am waiting to hear that the gov’t will back the stock price for 10 years, or 15 years. With what? Why our own tax dollars. If a US company tried to offer that kind of guarantee the company leadership would be shackled up after being horse whipped.
Cash for foreign car makers
Cash for Clunkers was to stimulate auto manufacturing. It did but for foreign countries. 60% of the cars sold were not US made. The government was absolutely brilliant on this one. It makes the government look like the flimflam man. “Push, pull, or drive that piece of junk in here and the government will give you money to buy your next new car”…but not necessarily a US make because the greeni’s that love Toyota and Honda would kill us. It killed new car sales to US companies for about 3 months. And here is the kick…..THEY OWNED GM when they did this!! Brilliant.
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