Having quit my job in October, I can relate to the fear of being out of work. Having worked for Democrat spokesman Ellen Rat...ner’s family for over 8 years in the evil lumber industry. Ellen Rat...ner made her money by “raping” the forests as one of the top three lumber companies (Forest City Group), yet she is the biggest environmentalist on the planet?? Can you say limolib empathizing with the poor homeless on her way to the gala wearing a half mil in jewels??? So I quit working for her big corporation and started my own little company and am having the time of my life. Anyone ever wonder how many filthy rich are Rats??
For self motivated people, working for yourself is the only way to go. The benefits far outweigh the minuses. You may have to work twice as hard for half the pay or you may end up making more money than you will working for a corporation. In my case I am making more money and not working nearly as hard as I was. I am putting people to work in the Carolinas and Virginia that may not be working if I didn’t open this company.
What do I do besides surf the net? I am a lumber wholesaler who feeds the Log Home industry. This gives me plenty of opportunity for creativity while developing a niche in a growing market. Self employment is being repeated throughout this country as people who have spent a lifetime learning a profession are able to break out on their own. We don’t need or want a boss or a union to tell us how much we can or can’t earn. Not everyone can do this, but you may be surprised how easy it is once you take that first step.
I can speak to the job losses in the solid wood furniture industry throughout the South. You have to look no farther than Congress and lawyers to see why they have left. Yes, labor and materials are cheaper in China; but the gummit is far more friendly to businesses there too. When employers cannot pay the workman’s compensation due to John Edward’s type Ambulance Chasers and oppressive gummit regulation, why would any company stay here? The lumber industry has taken the most draconian regulations of any industry in this country. Loggers can’t even harvest dead trees left by the huge fires because of the hug a tree terrorists? Why shouldn’t the companies close their doors after the Democrats and their leftist extremists have finished with them. Rats hate big business and cry when there are no jobs when businesses are forced out.
Sure, PravdABDNC will blame W for the job losses and not give him credit for this economic recovery. Most of this recovery is happening because productivity and technology is up. Many of the manufacturing jobs are being mechanized and will in the future. With software there are millions of bookkeeping/buggy whip jobs that are being phased out. The bottom line is that computers work a lot faster and cheaper than workers. Kerry is just going to make this happen quicker as he forces labor expenses up.
Anybody that will work for anything can get work at a 94.5% employment rate. Go into sells and get paid what you are truly worth. For all those that think sells is below their dignity, salesmen generally make about 150% of the average and many are in the top 10% of incomes. Nothing happens in Capitalism until the sale is closed.
President Bush has done a Herculean job over the past 3 years as this country has been knocked down again and again and is finally recovering. Everybody knew that the economy was faltering when he took the job and Great Depression was mentioned more than once. He had to unravel the dot com bust and dishonesty from the past 10 years to regain trust in the markets. He still has huge hurdles to overcome with deregulating many of the industries and opening our natural resources to effective management. There are great untapped resources for us that are entrepreneurs looking to put our skills and crafts to the test. We can either move forward as a country and mighty Capitalistic machine or move backwards towards Socialist France and endure their turd world lifestyle.
Pray for W and The Truth
But, and I say this with as much love and respect for Bush as anyone here, the price of gas is kicking everyone's butt. It continues it upward climb weekly, with no abate in sight. If it doesn't start a descent, I will have to break the news to the kids that there will be no vacation again this summer. No Yellowstone again this year, because I can't afford the gas to get there.
Anybody know where to get the complete Unemployment pitcure (and why does the BLS make it so hard?)