Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Venture Socialism is what the government practices when it confiscates our money to contribute to companies like Solyndra and buy companies like GM.
When businessmen like Mitt Romney make those investments it's with their own money.
The only way the federal government even has money is by taking it from people who earn it through taxation.
When businessmen risk money it's their own. When the government does it in the Venture Socialism they are risking the money they took from others. Not only do they steal from this generations but now they have taken trillions from the next generations.
Venture Capitalists participate in the free market. Venture Socialists rob from others to re=distribute to others still and in the process pay back cronies who have supported them in the past. Venture Capitalists invest in the future of the employees and the investors. Venture Socialist invest in their own future by paying back the people who got them into power in the first place.
Venture socialism must be stopped.
Venture Capitalists create jobs.
Mitt Romney was a Venture Capitalist...he created jobs.
BHO is a Venture Socialist who redistributes wealth and pays back cronies not caring about employees.
Venture Capital vs. Venture Socialism
There has been much said recently about what Mitt Romney did while he was working in the business world. He ran a company called Bain Capital. Bain capital worked with and took over failing companies to see if they could turn them around. It could be said that we have seen recent examples of that from the U.S. Government. I would like to explain the difference between the two.
A venture, simply put, is an opportunity that when invested in it and nurtured could turn into a profitable entity. People invest in opportunities every day in a free market society. To me that's what makes the business world go around.
Mitt Romney worked for and even ran the venture capital company called Bain Capital. The sole purpose of this business was to seek out other businesses that had become weak or were close to failing. They would check out these businesses to see if they felt they had potential with enough money invested into it and the proper nurturing like a new management team or at least fresh ideas being pumped into it so it could be turned around well enough to begin making a profit again. Bain would invest in businesses of all sizes and either change personnel or work with the existing personnel to get it turned around. We are still talking about a human element so some times they failed and some times they would succeed.
Fortunately for Bain and Romney, the success rate for their company was much greater than its failure rate. They took over more companies that would eventually turn a profit and in turn employ more workers than those that failed and had to let workers go. In this sense you could say that the decisions that Romney made at Bain Capital allowed him to create jobs. In other words more people were working at these taken over businesses than what would have been had the business been allowed to fail on its own.
Businessmen like Mitt Romney and others invested their own money or money that they had raised from other people in the business world to invest in or buy out other companies. Once they made that investment obviously they wanted the business they invested in to succeed, make a profit and pay back the other investors with a dividend. If that investment turned a profit, that set of investors would be willing to invest in yet another business and do the whole process over again. The more businesses succeeded the more workers could be employed at each of these businesses. Some businesses, however would fail along the way and the people working at those businesses would lose their job. In a sense is was a gamble, a risk that investors were willing to take. One of the first axioms learned in any business school is the greater the risk the greater the return. Any time you have humans making decisions you still run a risk of making mistakes and failures do occur.
One thing we have seen in the past few years is something that has rarely ever been tried in American history. Where it has been tried in other countries it has failed. That is a government take over or bail out of a private company. Since the economy's slide in 2007, The united States government has "invested" in more companies probably more than any other time in its history. The largest take over would have to be buying out General Motors. But there have been many other attempts from the federal government to "invest" in other companies. One that was prominent in the news was the investment in a solar company called Solyndra. This is what I call Venture Socialism.
In a free market society, individuals or at least companies owned by individuals make a financial investment into a product or service that they hope will make money so they can do several things: Make more investment to make more money, provide a needed product or service to the market and employ workers. Note the main goal of a company is not to employ people, it's to make money. In the case of General Motors and Solyndra it was not individual people or even a business that was run by individuals that made an investment, it was the United States government that made the investment. The problem here is that the U.S. government does not by itself have any money. The only way the U.S. government has any money is if it takes it from individuals who actually go out and earn money.
Just as before in the Venture Capital investment of Bain Capital and similar companies, there was a risk taken by investing into these companies, such as GM or Solydra. Again the greater the risk, hopefully the greater the reward. There are two problems with this Socialist Venture though. One is that Solyndra had already collapsed before our government dumped a half a billion dollars down the Solyndra toilet. Where did that money go? It paid back contributors to the Democrat party. The other problem with this scenario is that Obama and his minions confiscated the money they put at risk from hard working tax payers. When a private sector businessman invest money and loses it's okay, because it's his money. When the federal government does anything with money whether it's build a road or make a stupid investment in a company like Solyndra, it's using other people's money that they confiscated in taxes. Any Socialist Venture is committing a crime because the money risked is some one else's money. It needs to be stopped.
A venture, simply put, is an opportunity that when invested in it and nurtured could turn into a profitable entity. People invest in opportunities every day in a free market society. To me that's what makes the business world go around.
Mitt Romney worked for and even ran the venture capital company called Bain Capital. The sole purpose of this business was to seek out other businesses that had become weak or were close to failing. They would check out these businesses to see if they felt they had potential with enough money invested into it and the proper nurturing like a new management team or at least fresh ideas being pumped into it so it could be turned around well enough to begin making a profit again. Bain would invest in businesses of all sizes and either change personnel or work with the existing personnel to get it turned around. We are still talking about a human element so some times they failed and some times they would succeed.
Fortunately for Bain and Romney, the success rate for their company was much greater than its failure rate. They took over more companies that would eventually turn a profit and in turn employ more workers than those that failed and had to let workers go. In this sense you could say that the decisions that Romney made at Bain Capital allowed him to create jobs. In other words more people were working at these taken over businesses than what would have been had the business been allowed to fail on its own.
Businessmen like Mitt Romney and others invested their own money or money that they had raised from other people in the business world to invest in or buy out other companies. Once they made that investment obviously they wanted the business they invested in to succeed, make a profit and pay back the other investors with a dividend. If that investment turned a profit, that set of investors would be willing to invest in yet another business and do the whole process over again. The more businesses succeeded the more workers could be employed at each of these businesses. Some businesses, however would fail along the way and the people working at those businesses would lose their job. In a sense is was a gamble, a risk that investors were willing to take. One of the first axioms learned in any business school is the greater the risk the greater the return. Any time you have humans making decisions you still run a risk of making mistakes and failures do occur.
One thing we have seen in the past few years is something that has rarely ever been tried in American history. Where it has been tried in other countries it has failed. That is a government take over or bail out of a private company. Since the economy's slide in 2007, The united States government has "invested" in more companies probably more than any other time in its history. The largest take over would have to be buying out General Motors. But there have been many other attempts from the federal government to "invest" in other companies. One that was prominent in the news was the investment in a solar company called Solyndra. This is what I call Venture Socialism.
In a free market society, individuals or at least companies owned by individuals make a financial investment into a product or service that they hope will make money so they can do several things: Make more investment to make more money, provide a needed product or service to the market and employ workers. Note the main goal of a company is not to employ people, it's to make money. In the case of General Motors and Solyndra it was not individual people or even a business that was run by individuals that made an investment, it was the United States government that made the investment. The problem here is that the U.S. government does not by itself have any money. The only way the U.S. government has any money is if it takes it from individuals who actually go out and earn money.
Just as before in the Venture Capital investment of Bain Capital and similar companies, there was a risk taken by investing into these companies, such as GM or Solydra. Again the greater the risk, hopefully the greater the reward. There are two problems with this Socialist Venture though. One is that Solyndra had already collapsed before our government dumped a half a billion dollars down the Solyndra toilet. Where did that money go? It paid back contributors to the Democrat party. The other problem with this scenario is that Obama and his minions confiscated the money they put at risk from hard working tax payers. When a private sector businessman invest money and loses it's okay, because it's his money. When the federal government does anything with money whether it's build a road or make a stupid investment in a company like Solyndra, it's using other people's money that they confiscated in taxes. Any Socialist Venture is committing a crime because the money risked is some one else's money. It needs to be stopped.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Gay Marriage or Unemployment: That is concern
We went through the 2008 presidential campaign with one candidate espousing Hope & Change. How is that Working for you? That guy is back in the race again this year. Even though it hasn't been officially decided, we also have another new guy in the presidential race for 2012. No new slogan for this guy has been put out there yet. In my opinion we really don't need another slogan if the results are going to be like the last guy who won with a slogan.
I'm not 100% sold on the guy we have running against the guy with the hopey, changey slogan. But I am sold on the fact that we can't afford 4 more years of this same guy in the White House.
When Barack Husein Obama took the oath of office for the Presidency of the USA, he made history. He was the first African-American sworn in as President of the United States. That's a great accomplishment! I'm glad our country has evolved. As far as I'm concerned as soon as he was sworn in that part of history is done. At that same time gas had an average retail price nation wide was $1.87. Unemployment was nearly 7%. Since then we have seen gas explode to a nation wide average of nearly $4 per gallon and unemployment sky rocketed to nearly 10% even with a massive stimulus bill that was passed because it would keep unemployment under 8%.
Here we are less than 6 months away from yet another presidential election. Rather than concentrating on that high jobless rate, those high gas prices, and the fact that this president has created a situation that has placed more people on food stamps than any other time in American history; we are clamoring for this president's opinion on gay marriage. What difference does it make whether BHO approves of gay marriage or not. That is other than the fact that he is the first President to make such a bold statement. Were the gays going to vote for the other guy had BHO not came out and said he was for gay marriage? I don't think so! But his timing on that issue was just in time for a big Hollywood fund raiser.
Unfortunately the so-called "alternative media" fell for his diversionary tactic. The right wing conspirators fell right in line with his plan by paying attention to that social issue rather than hammering on the poor economy. It's still the economy, stupid.
I literally cannot afford 4 more years of this guy as president. It is next to impossible for me to even do my job. With the gas prices as high as they are for as long as they have been, I have a hard time filling my tank to go out to do my job. With the gas prices being as high as they are, no one has any extra money to buy the things in a convenience store that I sell.
Because the unemployment rate is so high, there are so many people who cannot afford to spend money on any extras. Those extras are what fuels my pay check. Because so many people have been out of work for so long the job market has shrunk substantially. In past recessions the unemployment rate went down because after a while a substantial number of people actually went back to work. Now, the only reason the unemployment rate goes down is because the job market has shrunk substantially. Many jobs are just flat out not available any more. There are nearly 88 million people out of work. Let's look at it in simpler terms. Say at 1 time there were 15 jobs in the whole market, and 3 people needed jobs. As the economy worsens and places decide they will not be hiring as many people. There are now 10 jobs in the whole economy and 3 still need jobs. The unemployment rate actually goes down because there are fewer jobs in the market. There are no more people working than before but the percentage of workers needed for the jobs available has gone down. If the numbers weren't monkeyed with the real unemployment rate would actually be closer to 14% . For what ever reason the media wants this guy to look good so they don't report bad news. If gas prices had sustained themselves for this long and the unemployment rate was this high when W was in office the media would be screaming.
Romney is not my ideal candidate for president. He does have a business background. He does have a success story behind him for saving the Olympics. We need some sort of hope for our nation to continue to be the strongest nation on this earth. That also means that a change has to occur come November or we will become a more Socialized nation. I can easily see this guy over turning the rest of the Constitution and say it's too much of an emergency. They would have to suspend any future elections and he would declare himself leader for life. We cannot let this happen. We need the ideals of our founding fathers to hold true. We need to take back our country and adhere to the Judeo-Christian values our country was founded on. We need to reduce taxes and regulations so there is not such a strangle hold on businesses. We need to throw out the current healthcare law and forget about any idea of a government run healthcare system. Let's get American back to work and not worry about what this or any other president has to say about gay marriage.
I'm not 100% sold on the guy we have running against the guy with the hopey, changey slogan. But I am sold on the fact that we can't afford 4 more years of this same guy in the White House.
When Barack Husein Obama took the oath of office for the Presidency of the USA, he made history. He was the first African-American sworn in as President of the United States. That's a great accomplishment! I'm glad our country has evolved. As far as I'm concerned as soon as he was sworn in that part of history is done. At that same time gas had an average retail price nation wide was $1.87. Unemployment was nearly 7%. Since then we have seen gas explode to a nation wide average of nearly $4 per gallon and unemployment sky rocketed to nearly 10% even with a massive stimulus bill that was passed because it would keep unemployment under 8%.
Here we are less than 6 months away from yet another presidential election. Rather than concentrating on that high jobless rate, those high gas prices, and the fact that this president has created a situation that has placed more people on food stamps than any other time in American history; we are clamoring for this president's opinion on gay marriage. What difference does it make whether BHO approves of gay marriage or not. That is other than the fact that he is the first President to make such a bold statement. Were the gays going to vote for the other guy had BHO not came out and said he was for gay marriage? I don't think so! But his timing on that issue was just in time for a big Hollywood fund raiser.
Unfortunately the so-called "alternative media" fell for his diversionary tactic. The right wing conspirators fell right in line with his plan by paying attention to that social issue rather than hammering on the poor economy. It's still the economy, stupid.
I literally cannot afford 4 more years of this guy as president. It is next to impossible for me to even do my job. With the gas prices as high as they are for as long as they have been, I have a hard time filling my tank to go out to do my job. With the gas prices being as high as they are, no one has any extra money to buy the things in a convenience store that I sell.
Because the unemployment rate is so high, there are so many people who cannot afford to spend money on any extras. Those extras are what fuels my pay check. Because so many people have been out of work for so long the job market has shrunk substantially. In past recessions the unemployment rate went down because after a while a substantial number of people actually went back to work. Now, the only reason the unemployment rate goes down is because the job market has shrunk substantially. Many jobs are just flat out not available any more. There are nearly 88 million people out of work. Let's look at it in simpler terms. Say at 1 time there were 15 jobs in the whole market, and 3 people needed jobs. As the economy worsens and places decide they will not be hiring as many people. There are now 10 jobs in the whole economy and 3 still need jobs. The unemployment rate actually goes down because there are fewer jobs in the market. There are no more people working than before but the percentage of workers needed for the jobs available has gone down. If the numbers weren't monkeyed with the real unemployment rate would actually be closer to 14% . For what ever reason the media wants this guy to look good so they don't report bad news. If gas prices had sustained themselves for this long and the unemployment rate was this high when W was in office the media would be screaming.
Romney is not my ideal candidate for president. He does have a business background. He does have a success story behind him for saving the Olympics. We need some sort of hope for our nation to continue to be the strongest nation on this earth. That also means that a change has to occur come November or we will become a more Socialized nation. I can easily see this guy over turning the rest of the Constitution and say it's too much of an emergency. They would have to suspend any future elections and he would declare himself leader for life. We cannot let this happen. We need the ideals of our founding fathers to hold true. We need to take back our country and adhere to the Judeo-Christian values our country was founded on. We need to reduce taxes and regulations so there is not such a strangle hold on businesses. We need to throw out the current healthcare law and forget about any idea of a government run healthcare system. Let's get American back to work and not worry about what this or any other president has to say about gay marriage.
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