One sign of a un-American company...
People in America need to realize jus what got America in this shape…”cheap” yes so-call cheap items from a foreign land.
quote*Wal-Mart firmly believes in local procurement. We recognize that by purchasing quality products, we can generate more job opportunities, support local manufacturing and boost economic development. Over 95% of the merchandise in our stores in China is sourced locally. We have established partnerships with nearly 20,000 suppliers in China. *end quote!
Now! if there be 182 country’s making items for the world to buy and they have only 5% of the pie in China…duh! This company makes the nice people of China support their currency(yuan) by keeping it in their country working for the people there…. but with the “yuan” going up in value and the US dollar going down…all the foreign items that the American consumer buys thinking it is cheap has went up in price.
People…its all about the currency and to keep a currency strong you got to keep it floating around the country you live in so it can work for you. For the past 12 years all them US dollars are being shipped overseas to a foreign bank and with the American worker not making anything for the foreigner to buy the “we the people” have to turn to the “second” largest employer in America(Uncle Sam) to sell “we the people” debt in order to get all them dollars back!
50 years ago a foreigner would had given their left nut for a US dollar or a Hershey’s chocolate bar and today the same foreigner has got Uncle Sam and the American consumer by both all the while Hershey is moving the chocolate factory to Mexico. Wake up! America and think “MADE IN AMERICA.”
quote*”Considering that there are over 30,000 ships at sea this morning,” writes James Carlton, director of the Williams College-Mystic Seaport Maritime Studies Program, in an e-mail, “the total number of organisms and species in this global ‘bioflow’ on the morning your readers read your piece could be staggering - billions of individuals, and thousands of species.”
Indeed, scientists have long considered ballast water the primary way invasive aquatic organisms are introduced. From the zebra mussel’s arrival in the Great Lakes, to an American jellyfish severely disrupting Black Sea fisheries, the potential costs of accidental introduction of a species to new homes can be tremendous. Aquatic invasives cost the US $9 billion yearly, according to estimates by David Pimentel, professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. Zebra and quagga mussels (a cousin to the zebra) alone cost the $1 billion annually.*end quote!
tat is $9 billion a year in hidden taxes to all Americans…
cheap ain’t chic and it cost America…………jobs!
“Now let us look at Wal-Mart again; you buy a product there, 6% goes to the employees, 10-18% is profit to the company, 25% goes to other costs and 50% goes to re-stock or the cost of goods sold. Of the 50% about 20-25% goes to China, a guess, but you get the point. Now then, how long will it take at 433 Billion dollars at year for China to have all of our money, leaving no money flow for us to circulate? At a 17 Trillion dollar economy less than 40-years minus the 1/6 they buy from us. Some say that if we keep putting money into our economy, it would take forever, but if we do not then eventually all the money flow will go. If China buys our debt then eventually they own us, no need to worry about a war, they are buying America, due in part to our own mismanaged trade, so whose fault is that? Not necessarily China, as they are doing what’s in the best interests, and we should make sure that trade is not only free, but fair too.”
http://www.worldthinktank.net/pdfs/TheFlowofTrade.pdf
and when it comes to all them ther turnips in D. C. ….they all need to red…oops! read George Washington’s farewell address after only eight years of serving his country…
Retail makes nothing! ….and until the American people get off their lazy @ss and start to demand…”made in America”….all the retail jobs will be sitting in a foreign land.
The dang government makes only debt…like all it knows is spend…spend…spend. The turnips ain’t never past a dang “saving” bill. They go up on tat big hill and play banker with my dang tax dollars and every dang one of them is one sandwich short of a picnic when it comes to balancing their dang check book.
National Debt from 1776 to 1910 wus only $2.6 billion and tat wus without a income tax. After the stiff-shirt “my sh!! don’t stink” bankers met in 1910 at Jekyll Island tat debt wus put in high gear in 1913 and even with a income tax and now a tax for every dang thig a person touches…even the air he/she breaths tat debt has mushroom to over $10 trillion in 2008.
Now….we the people in the past 7 months has taken on another $1 trillion and tat person in tat big white house is saying the car is going to slow…well…maybe he needs to get out off the dang thig and walk.
http://dailybail.com/home/the-national-debt-road-trip-video-...
And with America being over $57 trillion in debt….a little walking wouldn’t hurt them either. People….it ain’t no place in the Constitution tat states the government is suppose to take care of you….not one dang sentence. The word “cheap” ain’t no place to be found either. If you don’t buy American made…you don’t have jobs cause RETAIL makes nothing.
Quit thinking in terms of a jack@ss and elephant….they the ones tat put US in tis mess….think in terms of character, faith in God, love of Country, your State, your town, your family and your dang job. Spend a month…maybe two red…oops! reading Michael Hodges “Grandfather Economic Report” series learn learn how the people from above has pull the wool over the eyes of “we the people” for the past 96 years.
“Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other.” - John Quincy Adams, 6th President of USA.
“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.” - Thomas Jefferson
“No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence.” - George Washington to James Madison 1789.
“support your town…shop around.” - madmilker
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Cities, counties, school districts, etc. are crying the blues
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Banking/HomebuyingGuide/as-home-values-sink-tax-appeals-soar.aspx
For a number of years many have been trying to warn cities, counties, school districts, special taxing districts, etc. (any operation that relied on property taxes for its revenue) that the party would come to an end one day. The party is now over, and these very entities are crying the blues. They feel like they have been mistreated. Now they know how property owners have felt the past five years. Any entity that collected property taxes for operational purposes should have been more conservative with the taxpayers money. However, they chose to build new fancy city halls, sport stadiums and ball fields, large unnecessary school buildings, etc. Now they need more money to operate and property values have fallen (in some cases 40%), and the only way they can make up the lost revenue due to inflated property values is to assess higher tax rate, and increase user fees.
Look out folks your local government is going to try and finish you off. See ya in bankruptcy court.
For a number of years many have been trying to warn cities, counties, school districts, special taxing districts, etc. (any operation that relied on property taxes for its revenue) that the party would come to an end one day. The party is now over, and these very entities are crying the blues. They feel like they have been mistreated. Now they know how property owners have felt the past five years. Any entity that collected property taxes for operational purposes should have been more conservative with the taxpayers money. However, they chose to build new fancy city halls, sport stadiums and ball fields, large unnecessary school buildings, etc. Now they need more money to operate and property values have fallen (in some cases 40%), and the only way they can make up the lost revenue due to inflated property values is to assess higher tax rate, and increase user fees.
Look out folks your local government is going to try and finish you off. See ya in bankruptcy court.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Camp County business
I am of the understanding that the Veterans Service Officer position is currently vacant in Camp County. Your Commissioner's Court is looking at filling the position and they had one local retired veteran and the service officer from Morris County (he will do both Morris and Camp) apply for the position.
If you were sitting as a member of the court which of the two would you select? I want my tax money to stay in the community. I would select the Camp County resident (unless he was on the registered offenders list). The decision by the court should be forthcoming........................
If you were sitting as a member of the court which of the two would you select? I want my tax money to stay in the community. I would select the Camp County resident (unless he was on the registered offenders list). The decision by the court should be forthcoming........................
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
A small town in northeast Texas
It is a slow day in the Northeast Texas town of Pittsburg.
It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted.
Times are tough, everybody is in debt and everybody lives on credit.
On this particular day a rich tourist from the East is driving through town.
He enters the only hotel in the sleepy town and lays a hundred dollar bill on the desk stating he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night.
As soon as the man walks up the stairs, the hotel proprietor takes the hundred dollar bill and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes the $100 and runs down the street to pay his debt to the pig farmer.
The pig farmer then takes the $100 and heads off to pay his debt to the supplier of feed and fuel.
The guy at the Farmer's Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt to the local prostitute, who has also been facing hard times and has lately had to offer her "services" on credit.
The hooker runs to the hotel and pays off her debt with the $100 to the hotel proprietor, paying for the rooms that she had rented when she brought clients to that establishment.
The hotel proprietor then lays the $100 bill back on the counter so the rich traveler will not suspect anything.
At that moment the traveler from the East walks back down the stairs, after inspecting the rooms.
He picks up the $100 bill and states that the rooms are not satisfactory...... Pockets the money and walks out the door and leaves town.
No one earned anything. However the whole town is now out of debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism.
That, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is conducting business today.
It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted.
Times are tough, everybody is in debt and everybody lives on credit.
On this particular day a rich tourist from the East is driving through town.
He enters the only hotel in the sleepy town and lays a hundred dollar bill on the desk stating he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night.
As soon as the man walks up the stairs, the hotel proprietor takes the hundred dollar bill and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes the $100 and runs down the street to pay his debt to the pig farmer.
The pig farmer then takes the $100 and heads off to pay his debt to the supplier of feed and fuel.
The guy at the Farmer's Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt to the local prostitute, who has also been facing hard times and has lately had to offer her "services" on credit.
The hooker runs to the hotel and pays off her debt with the $100 to the hotel proprietor, paying for the rooms that she had rented when she brought clients to that establishment.
The hotel proprietor then lays the $100 bill back on the counter so the rich traveler will not suspect anything.
At that moment the traveler from the East walks back down the stairs, after inspecting the rooms.
He picks up the $100 bill and states that the rooms are not satisfactory...... Pockets the money and walks out the door and leaves town.
No one earned anything. However the whole town is now out of debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism.
That, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is conducting business today.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
You got a good deal is no longer an excuse
Your local CAD can no longer use the excuse "you got a good deal". I was speaking to a local gentleman by phone over this past weekend to get an update from the legislative session in regards to property valuation relief and this came as good news. The legislature passed a bill that requires property tax appraisal districts (must) to include foreclosure sales when computing the market value of your property.
I don't know what the foreclosure rate is like in our part of the state; however, the folks in the larger metro areas should see some reduction relief next year in their appraised values.
However, this brings forth another excuse by CADs - "we only reappraise property every three years". The battles will continue with CADs in some form and fashion until we eliminate property taxes all together.
I don't know what the foreclosure rate is like in our part of the state; however, the folks in the larger metro areas should see some reduction relief next year in their appraised values.
However, this brings forth another excuse by CADs - "we only reappraise property every three years". The battles will continue with CADs in some form and fashion until we eliminate property taxes all together.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Leadership lesson
"The centrist is none other than the social rationalist. The centrist is what we have called a moralist, a moralist of the cheap rhetorical kind, who misuses big words, such as freedom, justice, rights of man or others, to the point of empty phraseology, who poses as a paragon of virtues and stoops to use his moralism as a political weapon and to represent his more reserved adversary as morally inferior."
A moralist "stakes his moral claims so high and makes demands on human nature without considering either the concrete conditions or the possible consequences of the fulfillment of those demands. The 'left' moralist all too often reaches the point where his big words of love and freedom and justice serve as a cover for the exact opposite." A moralist is the "advocate of abstract social justice an ambitious place-hunter." - Wilhelm Rople in 1960
It is now 2009 and which leaders fit the centrist/moralist mold today?
A moralist "stakes his moral claims so high and makes demands on human nature without considering either the concrete conditions or the possible consequences of the fulfillment of those demands. The 'left' moralist all too often reaches the point where his big words of love and freedom and justice serve as a cover for the exact opposite." A moralist is the "advocate of abstract social justice an ambitious place-hunter." - Wilhelm Rople in 1960
It is now 2009 and which leaders fit the centrist/moralist mold today?
Monday, July 13, 2009
Legal to loot in Texas
www.estateofdenial.com
The State of Texas is allowing the legal looting of estates, and this my friends threatens your property rights.
I bet you only thought Madoff, Stanford, etc. were greedy! One should read these horror stories to really understand greed.
"The estates outlined in the Austin American-Statesman article belonged to people who took the proper steps to ensure the orderly distribution of their assets. They, however, fell victim to IRA due to apparent betrayal by the attorney they trusted for assistance and, as also in the case of the guardianship example, by the legal system theoretically designed to serve as a safeguard."
The State of Texas is allowing the legal looting of estates, and this my friends threatens your property rights.
I bet you only thought Madoff, Stanford, etc. were greedy! One should read these horror stories to really understand greed.
"The estates outlined in the Austin American-Statesman article belonged to people who took the proper steps to ensure the orderly distribution of their assets. They, however, fell victim to IRA due to apparent betrayal by the attorney they trusted for assistance and, as also in the case of the guardianship example, by the legal system theoretically designed to serve as a safeguard."
Friday, July 10, 2009
MJ has now gone on, but others still fight
Michael Jackson has now come and gone, and is it just me are did you find the whole thing completely absurd. Can anyone prove that MJ provided a benefit to anything? If you are a music lover then you got some satisfaction. MJ was a lune! That is the nature of our world today - worship the lune's. It is unreal to think that the American public sees more value in MJ than they do in someone fighting for your freedoms.
A friend of mine responded with the following comment, "I wish Americans mourned fallen soldiers the way they do Michael Jackson." Where are the lines of people and the celebrities when a fallen soldier is laid to rest? The protectors and defenders of freedom go without such fanfare. What did MJ do to help in the cause? The only respect that MJ deserved was the respect for being a simple human being. He was no hero and he contributed little to society. He milked society and that is how he gained his value. He was a circus and people paid to see the circus. Looking at the signers of the Declaration of Independence who would Michael Jackson best represent?
HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE ROOM.
A friend of mine responded with the following comment, "I wish Americans mourned fallen soldiers the way they do Michael Jackson." Where are the lines of people and the celebrities when a fallen soldier is laid to rest? The protectors and defenders of freedom go without such fanfare. What did MJ do to help in the cause? The only respect that MJ deserved was the respect for being a simple human being. He was no hero and he contributed little to society. He milked society and that is how he gained his value. He was a circus and people paid to see the circus. Looking at the signers of the Declaration of Independence who would Michael Jackson best represent?
HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE ROOM.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Iran v. United States
At least the Iranian citizens have the courage to stand up and speak out in order to defend their way of life. We in the US have become like the frog in the boiling pot - we are comfortable in what we believe to be a hot tub. We are relaxing and enjoying the warm water with the bubbles swirling all around. We are starting to get a little stiff from the warm water, and many wonder if Americans will awake before the STEW is done.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Buying votes
U. S. Senator introduces bill to tax employer furnished health benefits. Exempt - Congress and Union Members. Either buying votes are forcing everyone to join a union for the benefit of the Democratic Party.
Cap and Trade - Owners of US refineries have said that it will be cheaper to refine and import fuel from other parts of the world as opposed to paying the Cap and Trade tax. Rep. Waxman of California fails to understand the basics of business. Cap and Trade in place no refineries = NO JOBS for union workers. OH, least we forget the government plans on employing everyone. Everyone is going to be joining the union - The United States Government a division of the AFL/CIO.
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. - Thomas Jefferson
Who is Thomas Jefferson? Oh, that is right many don't give a rats for Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Boxer, Waxman, etc. are the new T. Jefferson.
Cap and Trade - Owners of US refineries have said that it will be cheaper to refine and import fuel from other parts of the world as opposed to paying the Cap and Trade tax. Rep. Waxman of California fails to understand the basics of business. Cap and Trade in place no refineries = NO JOBS for union workers. OH, least we forget the government plans on employing everyone. Everyone is going to be joining the union - The United States Government a division of the AFL/CIO.
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. - Thomas Jefferson
Who is Thomas Jefferson? Oh, that is right many don't give a rats for Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Boxer, Waxman, etc. are the new T. Jefferson.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Youth minority population now more than majority
An article in USA Today June 17, 2009 states that the minority youth population now outnumbers the majority in the US. "Minorities under the age of 20 outnumbered non-Hispanic white youths." A country in transition................................
In Education News from the Dallas Morning News
1 in 7 seniors failed TAKS exit exam.................14% of the senior class in Texas failed the TAKS exit exam. Many parents think the graduation standards today are tough..............2011-2012 the standard gets tougher................12 end-of-course exams - three each in the four core subject areas.
Wonder if there is a correlation between increasing youth minority population and 14% of seniors failing the TAKS exit exam?
Another education note: One can't help but notice that we have no real change in a PISD school board that has two new members. You would think new blood new direction, but any board that renews Twi-light Supers contract for any amount of time is mailto:?*#%@^(*)!@$%^&*)*(&^%$#............................................. Twi-light Super should have been given her walking papers.
In Education News from the Dallas Morning News
1 in 7 seniors failed TAKS exit exam.................14% of the senior class in Texas failed the TAKS exit exam. Many parents think the graduation standards today are tough..............2011-2012 the standard gets tougher................12 end-of-course exams - three each in the four core subject areas.
Wonder if there is a correlation between increasing youth minority population and 14% of seniors failing the TAKS exit exam?
Another education note: One can't help but notice that we have no real change in a PISD school board that has two new members. You would think new blood new direction, but any board that renews Twi-light Supers contract for any amount of time is mailto:?*#%@^(*)!@$%^&*)*(&^%$#............................................. Twi-light Super should have been given her walking papers.
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