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How is this for a financial solution for the country?

Monday, July 27th, 2009

This is from an article in the  St. Petersburg Times Newspaper on Sunday.   The Business Section asked readers for ideas on  “How Would You Fix the Economy?”    I think this guy nailed it!

  Dear Mr.. President,

 Please find below my suggestion for fixing America ’s economy..  Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan:

   There are about 40 million people over 50 in the workforce. 

  Pay them $1 million a piece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:  

 1) They MUST retire.  Forty million job openings -  Unemployment fixed.

  2) They MUST buy a new American CAR.  Forty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.

 3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage -   Housing Crisis fixed.

 It can’t get any easier than that!

 P.S. If more money is needed, have all members in Congress and their  constituents pay their taxes…   

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Is it time to freak out???

Monday, June 29th, 2009

If you watch the nightly news, listen to the politicians and surf the net on a regular basis, you might as well get it over with and have a complete and utter meltdown. Although I have a desire to be informed, do my research and stay current with the market trends, I’m developing an allergy to the media and the messages from these outlets. And as much as I try to stay positive and focus on my attitude, I found myself recently being surprised with good news.

One of my mentors who knows a contractor who informed me he’d been contacted in the last three weeks about building a couple of really large homes. And I found myself being surprised by that. My friend Hilary and I went out to dinner last week at a cool little Mexican restaurant in Sacramento. When we asked the waiter how was business, we were prepared to provide compassion and empathy for their slowdown. “Business is really good,” he said, “we’re opening up next door to expand our capacity.” I hate to admit it but both of us were surprised.  Why am I surprised? Because I’ve allowed the negative voices to creep in to my thinking and heard too much from the self-serving authors and media pundits who need drama to make money.

Is business booming like 05 and 06? Absolutely not and I hope we never see days like that again where people were taking equity loans at a record pace to spend money they didn’t have, on things they didn’t need to impress people they didn’t know. So yeah, it’s time to freak out. It’s time to get the messages from the freaked out media, the politicians and the pundits out of your head and life. As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. I choose the good, I see the best and I believe my best days and yours are still to come. You should too!!

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Time to spring back into action.

Monday, June 8th, 2009

If I spent my days reading the news and listening to talk radio I’m not fully convinced my mind wouldn’t turn to jelly. A couple of times this year I’ve found myself doing so and have noticed how it begins to quickly affect me. So I get back on the wagon of putting the good stuff in and letting action rather than reaction define my days.

Now that does not mean I’m walking around with my head in the clouds; I know that we are in the midst of troubling times and this uncertainty can bring a feeling of imbalance and fear. Thing is, I cannot control the outcome…and none of us can. I can’t predict the future and neither can anyone else. So I focus on activities. I go to work on what my needs are for me today.

It is not my job to grind my teeth in frustration or disapproval. Neither is it my job to read comments on the economy from every crank out there with web access. My job is clear and that helps me stay focused.

A recession is a terrible thing to waste. Spring has sprung and there’s work to be done.

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