At the risk of sounding fatalist I declare that The Iowa Caucus will be the starting date for the restoring of America. I am sure your like me and do wish to have this primary start so Fox News can report on something else for a while. But I do not fell as if that will happen nor should it. We are in for a very rocky year for this country.
So strap on the hiking gear and let's go rock climbing.
First: As the Boy Scout creed dictates "Be Prepared"
The primaries and the debates will filter out those with baggage and the strong will survive. All of this is to the good of the Republican party. We will have a strong candidate that can beat Obama and we must if we are to restore this great country.
Second: Make the election about his failures
We cannot get into devious mud slinging , name calling or personal attacks campaigns. The Democrats are experts at this campaigning and we need to stay with our strengths. We can get the vote out if we unveil the failures that this administration has experienced in such a short period of time.
Jobs-----Economy-----Economy-----Jobs-------Jobs-----Economy----------Jobs-----Economy-----Economy-----Jobs-------Jobs-----Economy----------
Government Bailouts----Auto industry take-overs---Solandra--Fast and Furious
Jobs-----Economy-----Economy-----Jobs-------Jobs-----Economy----------
Immigration-----Corzine-----Iran---Iraq----Cap and Trade---Obamacare__-
Jobs-----Economy-----Economy-----Jobs-------Jobs-----Economy----------
National Debt--increased spending---failure to cut spending-failure to listen
Jobs-----Economy-----Economy-----Jobs-------Jobs-----Economy----------
Third: Know who your friends are.
We can't be a Pollyanna (an excessively or blindly optimistic person) when it comes to Americans today. We are diverse but we are also divided. The country is greatly challenged by two very different ideologies ( the Left and the Right). If we think we can change others ideology with words we are Pollyanna's. Do not attempt to win every argument or battle with someone with a different ideology. I have seen fundamentalist accept actions in the oval office and not miss a note on accepting this Transgression . So why would your words change anything. With all that said we must get more votes out from the Americans that share our ideology.
Only time will change the views of some and we cannot do that if we don't get our candidate elected. Know your friends and get your friends to vote and help. After all we have a country at stake and that is not crying wolf.
Well, you might ask, how about the independents? Answer: See #2 above
On the eve of the Iowa caucus I would like to make a MeadowRock prediction without any scientific poll to back up my prediction. Just my personal opine.
Mitt Romney wins Iowa: After all the dust settles the caucus members know that the number one objective is to be Obama. They will vote to do so by the majority.
Ron Paul :#2 He has the support of the established caucus members and has always done well. Second place will and should silence his campaign. Hopefully he will do so with pride and not try any third party run. Pick up the marbles and join the team.
Rick Santorum:#3 Very close behind Paul and this will be the place he needs to finish in order to keep going in the primaries. I see a lot of upside in this man and hope that he continues to campaign.
At this point my dream ticket would be Romney/Santorum. Think about it!
Opine about it here on my page. Your comments are appreciated
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Monday, January 2, 2012
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
R.E.C.A.P. ( Reasonable Earnings Calculated Acceptable Point)
Everybody has an opinion about how to create jobs. We continue to have a problem with ideology in a country that has withstood all and every attack on the constitution and this great Republic.
My first point in this, rather in depth, opine is to set a few principles that just may prevent you from reading a lot things that you don't agree with.
We have adjusted corporate and personal tax levels many times, so tweaking is not UN-capitalistic.
But corporate wall street has taken advantage of the system by paying lobbyist to get exceptions and deductions from politicians while the CEO, officers and upper management pay has caused alarm and unveiled greed. The multiple of CEO pay to the average worker of a corporation has increased into the stratosphere.
On the other hand we have the unions that are also funneling money via dues to politicians to advance their power and influence.
Politicians : Do you see a trend here?
If one will stop and think about the wasted money that actually ends up in politicians campaign chest or parts unknown one can readily see that this is not supporting capitalism. It is not helping the American economy. It is not helping with jobs. And we have not even looked at the tort system that is funneling money to a select few at the expense of us all..
So let's look at RECAP. and how this reform of the corporate tax structure would create more revenue and jobs.
Jobs would be at the forefront for companies to increase upper management compensation instead of bottom line profits which creates job lost by shipping them to the lowest labor rate overseas.
Unions would have less value as the company would look to provide benefits to increase RECAP.
In short
My first point in this, rather in depth, opine is to set a few principles that just may prevent you from reading a lot things that you don't agree with.
- The U.S.A. is a Republic not a Democracy. Understand the difference and your life will be easier.
- Capitalism is our economy system. Capitalism is an economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit, usually in competitive markets.
- Social Security was formed to do a honorable job and was set up to fund the job. But after political tampering over time and removing the funds for their accessibility, it has become a Ponzi scheme.
- Socialist: Socialism is an economic system in which the means of production are either state owned or commonly owned and controlled cooperatively
- Marxist (The Marxist-Leninists sought to work towards the workers' utopia in Marxist ideology by first creating a socialist state)
- Communist: Communism is a sociopolitical movement that aims for a classless and stateless society structured upon common ownership of the means of production, free access to articles of consumption, and the end of wage labor and private property in the means of production and real estate
We have adjusted corporate and personal tax levels many times, so tweaking is not UN-capitalistic.
But corporate wall street has taken advantage of the system by paying lobbyist to get exceptions and deductions from politicians while the CEO, officers and upper management pay has caused alarm and unveiled greed. The multiple of CEO pay to the average worker of a corporation has increased into the stratosphere.
On the other hand we have the unions that are also funneling money via dues to politicians to advance their power and influence.
Politicians : Do you see a trend here?
If one will stop and think about the wasted money that actually ends up in politicians campaign chest or parts unknown one can readily see that this is not supporting capitalism. It is not helping the American economy. It is not helping with jobs. And we have not even looked at the tort system that is funneling money to a select few at the expense of us all..
So let's look at RECAP. and how this reform of the corporate tax structure would create more revenue and jobs.
- Reduce the corporate tax rate to 25% so that we are in line with other developed countries.
- Remove all the deductions that current and former politicians have inserted into the code for their corporate buddys.
- Cap the CEO, Officer and upper management total compensation, including stock options, to a multiple of 100* times the average employee compensation of his/her publicly traded company (R.E.C.A.P.) limit.
- Include in the employee compensation all health care cost, the company's portion of qualified 401 K contributions, sick pay, maternity leave pay, vacation pay and social security contributions.
- Any job held by an employee not located in the USA is counted as 5* jobs thus lowering the average compensation of all employees. Get those jobs back over here and you can increase your income Mr/Mrs.CEO.
- Include other incentives that either raise or lower the RECAP limit by doing the right thing like new start up employees count as 1/2 of a job which increases the RECAP.
- Require that union participation be completely voluntary.
Jobs would be at the forefront for companies to increase upper management compensation instead of bottom line profits which creates job lost by shipping them to the lowest labor rate overseas.
Unions would have less value as the company would look to provide benefits to increase RECAP.
In short
- Use incentives with corporations for the end result that will benefit the country as a whole rather than the pockets of the greedy. Wall street will survive.
- Remove the politician from the equation. At the ballot box if that's what it takes.
- Lessen the strength of the union and also remove the incentive to feed the politician.
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