Saturday, October 29, 2011

Revolution??????

  The not so aptly named "Occupy wall street" ( they have occupied everywhere except wall street) movement has been going on for a while now and I am wondering what is seriously going on in their heads.  They see a problem OK fine but they are protesting the wrong group. Wall street is in it to make money yes  but they really don't have control on how the markets perform. Yes! I agree they are definitely living it up and enjoying big government bailouts, but that is not the problem the problem is the Government giving all of these bailouts.  They just throw money at any problem that they would rather not deal with which in my opinion they shouldn't be dealing with in the first place.  I completely understand instituting regulations and controls to prevent companies from having too much influence such as preventing companies from monopolizing certain industries, but when I was in economics I was taught that we have a "laissez faire" economy meaning the Government kept their paws out of it. Now it seems the opposite. The Government is putting their paws really deep into the cookie jar. Throwing money to big corporations that they believe are "Too big to fail." ya know, they said the same thing about the Titanic and look what happened, and her sister the Britannic suffered the same fate. Nothing is too big to fail, if the U.S. Government really wants to stimulate the economy they should take those huge corporation bailouts that are being wasted on frivolous parties and other bullshit and toss that to the small business owner who is trying his damndest to earn a living. His business really supports the economy because he employs people, he offers a good or service that others will buy thus earning the state money. His business is taxed more than any other earning the Federal Government a pretty nice sum of money that they proceed to use to finance a big fucking party for a failing corporation. These wall street protesters are advocating socialism which is the worst fucking idea ever, It works on paper however it has never once worked in practice. The problem with our current Government is that all of these barely legal voters (my peers) are too simple minded to think for themselves and veg in front of MTV where they are fed their opinions and viewpoints in turn, they elect people for congress and the office of the president that are not really suited for the job. I apologize for the rant but it hurts to see my fellow Americans finally awaken and rise up in protest but to the wrong group and for the wrong reason. God bless America, and grant her longevity.

Make Money.

  Like most Americans, I hate my job with a fiery passion.  Waking up early working for 8- 12 hours at a time. sacrificing family and friend time to make a buck.  Last night I saw the most beautiful truck I have ever seen in my life. It was a navy blue lifted 1986 Ford Ranger.  I wanted that truck so bad and it was for sale for only 1,500 dollars but I just couldn't afford to buy it. That got me thinking what if I had some form of side business or something that would earn me a little extra money. I mean I already invest in silver and gold and sometimes when the price spikes considerably I take advantage and sell, but I mean something that would really make me some considerable "disposable income" if you will.  I was thinking and had a few ideas, I could cut grass in the neighbor hood, buy things for resale online, work a second job, scrap metal. There are many opportunities out there I just don't know where to start. Any Ideas?