A Real Fix.

I have a real fix for our economy. It’s simple and would happen with out the intervention of our government. First let me say this will be illegal in many states and on a tax basis.

My suggestion is to hire a person that you know (or comes with a high recommendation) to do some of the things that you have been putting off for a while. This could be re-soding a yard, having that deck built, painting the room that you want to spruce up, any of those little things that would require a tradesman to do it properly. At this time in our nation the largest group of unemployed is the tradesman (yes that includes women).

I suggest that you write a simple contract that requires both parties to sign it. In this contract you should state particular dates so as to guarantee that you pay in full when complete and the jobs completion is timely. All payments should be in cash, with a receipt for any and all moneys exchanged.

This is highly illegal in the field of taxation. Uncle Sam wants your money to pay for their entitlements and some of the other wasteful expenditures’. Don’t get me wrong I think government should mange certain aspects of our nation such as, the military, our infrastructure systems, and promotion of advancements in technologies. Don’t be undaunted. Our government will still get money (mine and yours). Just not from a direct withdrawal. They will only receive it threw the purchases of the materials for the previously mentioned home improvements, and the purchase of goods that those who have worked so hard for you (not for the government) will now be able to buy.

This will not reduce the unemployment rate, the amount of people who get food stamps, or fix many things that are wrong with our country. On the other hand it will stimulate our economy in a way that will be a real fix.

Never Before.

Never in the history of man kind (at least according to my government education), has the leader of a nation, the ruler of a sect of people, ever given a time for the end of a conflict.

Our President has truly made history. In his speech to the nation (given to a less then enthusiastic West Point audience) stated that he was going to grant General McCrystal the 30,000 troops he had requested. Of course we all know that the General had suggested that we need 40,000 more troops.

I don’t know or understand why our President has not given General McCrystal the entire sum, nor can I rap my mind around his statement of troop withdrawal in a given time line (18 months is his time line), when the enemy has made it clear that they are willing to fight this fight for as long as it takes. Does our President not understand the importance of not giving away your plans to the enemy? Should we give them information concerning each attack so they can ready them selves? Does our President not know that we have been fighting this war (as an undeclared war) for many years prior to September 11^th ?

Our nation has here and now a leader like never before.