Friday, March 6, 2009

ACHIEVEMENT LADDER SUCCESSES DEMANDS ULTIMATE CHANGES IN ATTITUDES

With all of the challenges that career orientated persons face in the 21st Century, our approaches to resolving the economic crisis that we experience from time to time is left in the hands of a few persons per capita in the United States. With less than 600 persons nationally recognized political and economic strategists, our American population of over 300,000,000 are left out of the picture after the votes are counted and allocated with the current Legislative, Executive, and Judicial elected officials/and or appointees. In addition, many federal agencies are implementing the decisions made by these few individuals. For over 73 years, our American policies and political decisions have been controlled and regulated by social and political practitioners who have their own self-serving agendas to bring about an enormous deficit the likes of which are unparrelled and unprecedented.

Our American climb up the Ladder of Achievement in the political and economic environments have been hampered by philosophies and theories that appeared to be the ONLY answer to the many challenges of a young and growing Country. To think that ONLY at the federal level will our challenges be solved and resolved is begging the real question. However, history has indicated otherwise especially with the successes in the private sector of our economic and social growth and development. HASTE MAKES WASTE. In many hasty decisions, waste has followed and a tremendous DEFICIT has occurred by SPEND HAPPY FEDERAL POLITICIANS AND THEIR ASSOCIATES. Someone forgot to read the Constitution of the United States of America and the Bill of Rights that really impacts the AMERICAN PEOPLE. What are some ways to consider to renew and to improve our current plight? Here are but a few considerations that may have some food for thought. You are encouraged to agree or to disagree.

l) Set up term limits for the U.S. Senate (2 terms of 6 years with a maximum serving time of 12 years). Set us term limits for the U.S. House of Representatives (4 terms of 2 years with a maximum serving time of 8 years). The President of the United States is already set up with a 2 terms of 4 years with a maximum serving time of 8 years). This method will provide new blood and new approaches to old challenges. For the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, those individuals who want to rerun for their respective offices will be required to sit out at least one full term before attempting to rerun again.

2) Collect from the "Underground Economy," which amasses wealth of over ONE TRILLION dollars from their various enterprises. These monetary resources are untaxed and are uncollected revenue that could reduce the federal deficit.

3) Reduce the size of federal governmental agencies, which implements the various legislative agendas. Many of these service oriented careers could be more effectively and efficiently completed by the private sector and bring about tax resources at all levels. Less bureaucracy is always a PLUS!

4) Abolish the current IRS System and convert to a simple "Flat Tax" approach to collecting revenues with NO loopholes. Everyone would pay their fair share as is currently happening with the Sales Tax approach.

5) Use the adjusted gross payroll amounts only once in calculating taxes. After the first tax is calculated, the adjusted gross payroll amount would be reduced to a new amount for the next calculation. In allocating tax revenues, the emphasis should be on the local level first, the county level next, the state level next, and the federal level last. Provide the funds where the taxpayer lives and works and contributes to their community.

6) Issue VISA permits to all persons seeking to enter the United States for an extended stay beyond the usual visiting and tourist permits. Encourage those individuals to apply for a temporary green card to work in United States employments legally. With all illegal immigrants who enter the United States illegally, process their return to their country of origin unless they are seeking extenuating circumstances on a case- by-case basis.

7) Emphasize the importance of supporting American entrepreneurs and workers by providing an atmosphere of BUY AMERICAN FIRST to protect the American-based enterprises. Increase the tariff on all goods and services that are competing to take away jobs from the American worker and taxpayer.

8) Encourage support at all levels of educational preparation and updating for individuals who are being retrained for careers and career changing occupations. Many of the unemployed and underemployed would genuinely benefit from an educational environment that promotes transfer skills and new career skills to other careers that have long lasting results and benefits. Many careers and jobs go unfulfilled everyday because there are insufficient applicants who are QUALIFIED or QUALIFIABLE.

The American Spirit is Alive and Well. Even when challenges are present to their climb up and down their Ladder of Achievement, these American enthusiasts are willing to set aside their past accomplishments and to find NEW AND MORE LASTING adventures to CHALLENGE their TIME, their TALENTS, and their TREASURES. What these individuals need is SELF-CONFIDENCE and PATIENCE to excel at new LIFELONG LEARNING SKILLS AND GROWTH DEVELOPMENT.




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