Thursday, April 15, 2010

April 15, 2010

Today is TAX DAY. This is not a very happy day for a lot of people. Mainly for those who have to pay.

But today we see our hard earned money being taken by the government. That is the Federal Government and most local governments.

I agree that they need money to pay for their existence and for all their programs but I don't agree to the part where our money is being squandered away on unnecessary things. Things we absolutely don't benefit from. Luxuries for people who took oaths to serve their constituents.

Our tax money funds overpaid and overstaffed bureaucracies that do not function efficiently.

The way these governments handle their financial affairs should be taught in schools under How Not to Conduct Your Financial Affairs.

I can just see our future. Everybody's income will go directly to the government. All of it, completely.

On April 15 we all have to file a request for an allowance or stipend to live on. Then the IRS will review our requests and provide what they think is necessary for us to live on.

Then, they will tax that too.

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Here is a little economy, the way I see it.

Businesses have one thing on their mind. And that is to make money. It does not matter to them how as long as they turn a profit.

Small, family owned businesses need profit to make a living. Corporations need to show profit because their shareholders demand it.

The smaller the overhead the larger the profit, This is very simple.

Morality is not an issue in the business world. Employees' benefits, rights are just something the employers need to deal with in order to stay in business. The less they give away the more money they make.

Employers couldn't care less for their employees. Workers are nothing but stepping stones toward more profit.

When there is great need for people, employers try to outdo one and other to attract prospective employees. But when the wheel turns all good things are taken away.

Thus the outsourcing or subcontracting. If they can get people doing the same work somewhere else in the world for less, than let's go.

If they can get a shirt made in a third world country for a fraction of what they would have to pay here and at the same time using child labor they will turn a blind eye to the morality of this.

The mighty dollar is the king. It rules the world.

They are talking about unemployment. It is very sad situation. Families get ruined, lives get interrupted.

But at the same time they are giving people (false) hopes that when the economy recovers jobs will come back, the unemployed will be rehired.

I don't see it that way at all.

Companies that laid off people and are surviving are surviving with their reduced workforce. If they still make a profit they will realize that there is no and probably never was a need for all those people they laid off.

A smaller, more compact business can make just as good profit than a gigantic over amplified company. And a smaller business will not fall as hard as a mega corporation.

The View From the Bottom is that I can see no fast rehires by companies even when the economy starts up again.

But then what do I know, I'm not the lead dog!

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