Ben Nelson from Nebraska has worked out a compromise that the extremes on either side do not like. This is a way to kill health care reform and protect President Obama from further political damage. Remember what happened to immigration reform four years ago? Many are calling for the Senate to start over.
There is urgency to get something done before the end of the year. January 1 begins and election year and members of both houses of congress that are up for re-election do not want something this controversial standing in the way of their re-election chances. In order to get something passed by December 31, congress will have to work around the clock.
I encourage my readers to contact their representative in the House and both of their senators and let their feelings be known.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
The Job Summit
There are some things about the job summit that President Obama has called, and because of this, it is no more than another photo-op. Mr President, why was the US Chamber of Commerce excluded?
The US Chamber is represents many of those that have the ability to hire and put people back to work. The US Chamber knows under what conditions most companies will be able to hire again. If I was developing policies to improve the job market, I would listen to the chamber.
It also bothered me that President Obama decried pushing employees to be more and more efficient without hiring new people. Mr. Obama has never taken a single course at business school, and there are entire courses in motivating employees to be more efficient. There is nothing wrong with pushing your employees a little bit. It is what good managers do.
Most businesses do not exist solely to hire people. This is something that my dad lectured me about after I finished my Bachelor's Degree. It is a sad fact of life that we all must be willing to face. Businesses thrive because they fulfill a need or want of another person. When a business begins, it usually begins with just one proprietor. As the business grows, companies must hire more and more people. There are two things that need to be done in order to get people off the dole of unemployment. One is to grow businesses that already exist. The other is to create new enterprises.
When a person is hired on to a company and is paid a wage, it is up to that person to earn more money for the company than he or she gets paid. No one hires an employee without this in mind. If you do not earn back your paycheck for your boss, then you do not deserve a job. A company does not hire an employee unless that employee can be profitable for them, unless that employee can help grow the business.
That also implies that companies will not hire unless the powers that be believe that their business can grow. The worst nightmare for any manager is to have to look a productive employee in the eye and tell them that there is no more work for them to do. Companies will not hire anyone unless there is the belief that they can stay on for at least a couple of years. It is also difficult to fire someone that is unproductive.
As I have said before, a down economy IS the best time to begin a new business enterprise. Costs are lower. It is easier to attract quality people. The problem is finding the capitol. Unfortunately, the government is running out of money and there is not a lot a capitol left to give. And yes, the government CAN run out of money, because in the long run, it is really our money.
But wait a minute, there is capitol. It is called time. It's called effort and energy. It is called knowledge and wisdom These are things that we all have. Do we really need the government to get the economy rolling again? I suppose that politicians need to appear to be doing something. But do they really need to? What we really need is confidence in ourselves. Confidence is something that our president has plenty of. Please share. In the early 90s, I was upset at George HW Bush's pep talks to get the economy rolling again. I wish for that now.
The US Chamber is represents many of those that have the ability to hire and put people back to work. The US Chamber knows under what conditions most companies will be able to hire again. If I was developing policies to improve the job market, I would listen to the chamber.
It also bothered me that President Obama decried pushing employees to be more and more efficient without hiring new people. Mr. Obama has never taken a single course at business school, and there are entire courses in motivating employees to be more efficient. There is nothing wrong with pushing your employees a little bit. It is what good managers do.
Most businesses do not exist solely to hire people. This is something that my dad lectured me about after I finished my Bachelor's Degree. It is a sad fact of life that we all must be willing to face. Businesses thrive because they fulfill a need or want of another person. When a business begins, it usually begins with just one proprietor. As the business grows, companies must hire more and more people. There are two things that need to be done in order to get people off the dole of unemployment. One is to grow businesses that already exist. The other is to create new enterprises.
When a person is hired on to a company and is paid a wage, it is up to that person to earn more money for the company than he or she gets paid. No one hires an employee without this in mind. If you do not earn back your paycheck for your boss, then you do not deserve a job. A company does not hire an employee unless that employee can be profitable for them, unless that employee can help grow the business.
That also implies that companies will not hire unless the powers that be believe that their business can grow. The worst nightmare for any manager is to have to look a productive employee in the eye and tell them that there is no more work for them to do. Companies will not hire anyone unless there is the belief that they can stay on for at least a couple of years. It is also difficult to fire someone that is unproductive.
As I have said before, a down economy IS the best time to begin a new business enterprise. Costs are lower. It is easier to attract quality people. The problem is finding the capitol. Unfortunately, the government is running out of money and there is not a lot a capitol left to give. And yes, the government CAN run out of money, because in the long run, it is really our money.
But wait a minute, there is capitol. It is called time. It's called effort and energy. It is called knowledge and wisdom These are things that we all have. Do we really need the government to get the economy rolling again? I suppose that politicians need to appear to be doing something. But do they really need to? What we really need is confidence in ourselves. Confidence is something that our president has plenty of. Please share. In the early 90s, I was upset at George HW Bush's pep talks to get the economy rolling again. I wish for that now.
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