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Name:   Mack The author of this post is registered as a member - Email Member
Subject:   Hard to Believe that
Date:   1/6/2009 7:24:54 PM

a government at any level is considering adding to the payroll when everyday mainstream American businesses are struggling to meet their bottom lines every day, keep their employees (mucho investment bucks), pay the rent and stay alive during a Recession?????
The business simply meets the bottom line or fails. My government simply changes the bottom line and passes on the penalty to the taxpayer for the next decade. Simple.

I was employed for 15 years by a public utility (monopoly) that was rendered a non-monopoly by law. Suddenly, this company was forced to meet a bottom line. They RIF'd and RIF'd (from the top, not the bottom) until most all employees were "Fully" employed. They also started competing for business like never before.

Surprise! Surprise! During the last 12 months of turmoil on the Market, their stock is steady as a rock.

My point? American Business knows how to deal with financial difficulty. Federal, State, and Local governments usually resort to throwing money at the problem, with predictable results. Poor.
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600K New Gov't Jobs - MartiniMan - 1/6/2009 9:57:41 AM
      Those that don't..... - lamont - 1/6/2009 10:40:02 AM
           Those that don't..... - mbk - 1/6/2009 11:44:16 AM
                Those that don't..... - Talullahhound - 1/6/2009 3:58:13 PM
                     Those that don't..... - JustAGuy - 1/6/2009 4:47:11 PM
                    Like Everything Else - MrHodja - 1/6/2009 5:30:36 PM
                     Those that don't..... - MartiniMan - 1/6/2009 8:28:45 PM
                          Those that don't..... - JustAGuy - 1/6/2009 8:45:51 PM
                               Those that don't..... - lamont - 1/7/2009 8:22:34 AM
                                    Those that don't..... - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 10:54:28 AM
                                         Those that don't..... - JustAGuy - 1/7/2009 1:46:32 PM
                                             Opinions are fine - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 2:29:41 PM
                                                  Opinions are fine - JustAGuy - 1/7/2009 3:37:15 PM
                                                       Opinions are fine - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 6:33:08 PM
                                                            Opinions are fine - JustAGuy - 1/7/2009 7:13:06 PM
                                   Thanks for your support - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 10:58:52 AM
                                    Those that don't..... - JustAGuy - 1/7/2009 1:32:17 PM
                                         Those that don't..... - lamont - 1/7/2009 2:04:05 PM
                         MM, you are wrong - Talullahhound - 1/6/2009 9:08:49 PM
                              MM, you are wrong - JustAGuy - 1/6/2009 9:17:14 PM
                                   You people don't listen - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 10:51:01 AM
                                   Two words for you Guy - Swimmer27 - 1/7/2009 1:37:23 PM
                              Another thing to consider - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 11:17:47 AM
                              US Manufacturing - AUCATZ - 1/7/2009 11:51:34 AM
                                   US Manufacturing - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 2:06:48 PM
                                        US Manufacturing - muddauber - 1/18/2009 8:22:06 AM
     Hard to Believe that - Mack - 1/6/2009 7:24:54 PM
          Hard to Believe that - Talullahhound - 1/7/2009 6:23:42 AM
               Hound.... - MrHodja - 1/7/2009 10:25:00 AM
               Hard to Believe that - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 11:41:23 AM
               Hard to Believe that - Mack - 1/7/2009 12:07:42 PM
     600K New Gov't Jobs - AUCATZ - 1/7/2009 11:48:03 AM
          600K New Gov't Jobs - Talullahhound - 1/7/2009 3:39:24 PM
               600K New Gov't Jobs - MartiniMan - 1/7/2009 6:29:11 PM
                    Well, I did my part - Talullahhound - 1/7/2009 7:55:58 PM
                         Well, I did my part - BoatsRFun - 1/7/2009 9:55:18 PM
                         Well, I did my part - Swimmer27 - 1/8/2009 6:58:22 AM
                              Well, I did my part - Talullahhound - 1/9/2009 8:48:34 AM
                                   You against the disabled? - Swimmer27 - 1/9/2009 5:58:21 PM
                                        No, Are you? - Talullahhound - 1/9/2009 10:08:34 PM
                                        Winning your house? - Talullahhound - 1/9/2009 10:10:53 PM
                                             Winning your house? - Swimmer27 - 1/10/2009 4:46:51 PM
                                                  Didn't See Your Post - Talullahhound - 1/10/2009 9:50:04 PM
                                                       On the contrary - Swimmer27 - 1/11/2009 1:07:15 PM
                                                            On the contrary - Talullahhound - 1/11/2009 7:23:12 PM
                                                                 On the contrary - Swimmer27 - 1/11/2009 8:37:50 PM


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