12-18-2008, 06:09 AM
Much of your proposals are pretty much the Obama platform so you'll be happy to see that many of the things you suggest will start to be implemented starting January 20.
Let me comment on a few other's;
"a. People would generally stay with their employer for a very long time. In recent time, everyone is always looking for the better job or company." What's wrong with looking and aspiring to a better job? What long term commitments are companies making to their employees? Pensions? Hell I know a guy who works for a very large corporation who along with other's in Mid management lost ALL of their pension. 30+ years. How would you expect the younger employees to react to that?
"Corporations would make decisions based on long term projections and expectations. " Ah, there lye's the number one problem with the US auto industry and many other's here in this country. One of the reasons we're getting our ass kicked.
"Why with a wonderful convention center does Philadelphia not attract many large conventions? It is the union contracts and ridiculous work rules that steer convention planners elsewhere. " Do you know that to be true? I do many shows through out the year. In a few weeks I'll be at the Washington DC convention center with union employees for the International Motorcycle show , the following week that shows goes to New York City (more union workers) , and then to other large cities . I would think there's more to it then what you suggest.
"b. Environmental laws have made doing business cost prohibitive in our country for some businesses." Why should we consider this? The current administration has already weakened many of these laws and is trying to do more in it's last few days. What have we gained from it? Instead of weakening, we need to embrace them and capture the technology that's gained from them and sell it to developing countries that will need it. China for one is desperate for this technology, or should we just wait for them to develop this technology and we buy it from them?
" OPEC is not our friend, the manipulation of oil prices has contributed to this crisis." I couldn't agree more with this! This has been the single biggest problem for retailers up to the middle of September when the "fear factor" kicked in. Many people who heat their homes with oil locked in at $4.75 per gallon. Now that same fuel oil is in the low $2.00 range. So someone who locked in in the summer with a 1000 gal has had at least $2000.00 taken out of their spendable income. Not to mention the $4.50 a gallon gas they were paying this past summer and the $5.00 a gallon I was paying for diesel fuel. A few weeks after the election in a 60 minutes interview Obama was asked if it's still important with the falling energy prices to develop alternative means. His reply "it's more important now then ever"
4. "The government must give up the idea that they can support all senior citizens through Social Security and Medicaid." I think your stereotyping here, these two programmes never were meant to support, they have and are there only to supplement.
I have always lived with in my means, I live in a house that has about the same sq ft that I grew up in. Yet I'm surrounded by McMansions. So people certainly need to live within there means.
Change is coming and it starts January 20, 2009
Let me comment on a few other's;
"a. People would generally stay with their employer for a very long time. In recent time, everyone is always looking for the better job or company." What's wrong with looking and aspiring to a better job? What long term commitments are companies making to their employees? Pensions? Hell I know a guy who works for a very large corporation who along with other's in Mid management lost ALL of their pension. 30+ years. How would you expect the younger employees to react to that?
"Corporations would make decisions based on long term projections and expectations. " Ah, there lye's the number one problem with the US auto industry and many other's here in this country. One of the reasons we're getting our ass kicked.
"Why with a wonderful convention center does Philadelphia not attract many large conventions? It is the union contracts and ridiculous work rules that steer convention planners elsewhere. " Do you know that to be true? I do many shows through out the year. In a few weeks I'll be at the Washington DC convention center with union employees for the International Motorcycle show , the following week that shows goes to New York City (more union workers) , and then to other large cities . I would think there's more to it then what you suggest.
"b. Environmental laws have made doing business cost prohibitive in our country for some businesses." Why should we consider this? The current administration has already weakened many of these laws and is trying to do more in it's last few days. What have we gained from it? Instead of weakening, we need to embrace them and capture the technology that's gained from them and sell it to developing countries that will need it. China for one is desperate for this technology, or should we just wait for them to develop this technology and we buy it from them?
" OPEC is not our friend, the manipulation of oil prices has contributed to this crisis." I couldn't agree more with this! This has been the single biggest problem for retailers up to the middle of September when the "fear factor" kicked in. Many people who heat their homes with oil locked in at $4.75 per gallon. Now that same fuel oil is in the low $2.00 range. So someone who locked in in the summer with a 1000 gal has had at least $2000.00 taken out of their spendable income. Not to mention the $4.50 a gallon gas they were paying this past summer and the $5.00 a gallon I was paying for diesel fuel. A few weeks after the election in a 60 minutes interview Obama was asked if it's still important with the falling energy prices to develop alternative means. His reply "it's more important now then ever"
4. "The government must give up the idea that they can support all senior citizens through Social Security and Medicaid." I think your stereotyping here, these two programmes never were meant to support, they have and are there only to supplement.
I have always lived with in my means, I live in a house that has about the same sq ft that I grew up in. Yet I'm surrounded by McMansions. So people certainly need to live within there means.
Change is coming and it starts January 20, 2009
Past RTR member