I have an idea for the TARP/Bailout money the gov't can't wait to spend. How about give it to those who are going to pay, or have paid, for it. The Americans who actually have paid in taxes.
Base it on the amount of taxes you have paid in the last 5, 10 or even 15 years. If I have it figured out correctly it is about $50,000 per TAX PAYING citizen. They say we will just horde it or pay off old bills, but what if....they gave it to us in pre-paid Visas, Mastercards and American Express Cards that expire in say 30-60days. We would have to spend it. Even spread them out where you get one every couple of months.
Or we could give more to GM, AIG etc...
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
The California budget and why it is what it is!
My wife had jury duty yesterday. Well she did her civic duty and went for selection. Being educated, you know she was not picked. But here is the problem. It was a California prison inmate who's already serving 7-15 (looked him up on Megan's web site)for being a pedophile. He is on trial for flashing his wanker to a prison nurse and guard. Here is where the idiot sequence of waste, fraud and abuse comes in.
They should just throw his ass in solitary. Instead they transport him and two guards for jury selection, trial, hearings etc...I live near two prisons and go to a gym frequented by prison guards so I hear A LOT of these stories. The prisoner wants some time outside the bars, they ask to go under to have a tooth removed, they commit a pettty crime like this, something to get outside the bars.
The problem is the state does it. Good old California and it's liberal supreme court judges in San Francisco. There are so many laws and rulings that the prisoners now run the CDC. If a prisoner makes a complaint (they get two a month) that a guard called him a faggot it has to be investigated by five individuals. Every complaint costs $700.00 + in man hours. Lets see 180,000 inmates, 2 complaints a month times $700.00...that's the potential for $225 million of man hours a month.
Lets not even get started on the supreme medical care they get. Because there is such a fear of law suits and losing lucrative jobs they get ridiculous, free, care. Have a headache, get an MRI. Indigestion, EKG. I was told of an inmate, who is in for gang related killings, who went to the emergency clinic because he got a blister playing basketball. Oh poor murderer, a blister.
California spends $45,000 a year for each inmate. They spend $3600 a year for each student. I know I am no Ph.D type but that seems pretty backwords to me. It's time to get together and make new laws as a general public. A simple thing like a co-pay for Dr. visits. We all have to do it. How about an HMO so there are no more MRIs for headaches. A courtroom at the prison, the accused is already there, the guards are already there. Good citizens are already traveling to another location. Lets quit rewarding bad behavior with time outside of the bars and getting to see different women. Unless there is physical harm, bruises, cuts etc...to hell with there complaints. They are in there for a reason, punishment for commiting a crime. Make it punishment.
I read somewhere that 80% of serious crimes are commited by 10% of the poopulation. This combined with our incarcerate but treat them good system explains why 90% of criminals are repeat offenders. Lets make it miserable for them. The system is broke and a huge drain on the already miserable economy.
We need to cut spending. This makes more sense than cutting cops, firemen and teachers
They should just throw his ass in solitary. Instead they transport him and two guards for jury selection, trial, hearings etc...I live near two prisons and go to a gym frequented by prison guards so I hear A LOT of these stories. The prisoner wants some time outside the bars, they ask to go under to have a tooth removed, they commit a pettty crime like this, something to get outside the bars.
The problem is the state does it. Good old California and it's liberal supreme court judges in San Francisco. There are so many laws and rulings that the prisoners now run the CDC. If a prisoner makes a complaint (they get two a month) that a guard called him a faggot it has to be investigated by five individuals. Every complaint costs $700.00 + in man hours. Lets see 180,000 inmates, 2 complaints a month times $700.00...that's the potential for $225 million of man hours a month.
Lets not even get started on the supreme medical care they get. Because there is such a fear of law suits and losing lucrative jobs they get ridiculous, free, care. Have a headache, get an MRI. Indigestion, EKG. I was told of an inmate, who is in for gang related killings, who went to the emergency clinic because he got a blister playing basketball. Oh poor murderer, a blister.
California spends $45,000 a year for each inmate. They spend $3600 a year for each student. I know I am no Ph.D type but that seems pretty backwords to me. It's time to get together and make new laws as a general public. A simple thing like a co-pay for Dr. visits. We all have to do it. How about an HMO so there are no more MRIs for headaches. A courtroom at the prison, the accused is already there, the guards are already there. Good citizens are already traveling to another location. Lets quit rewarding bad behavior with time outside of the bars and getting to see different women. Unless there is physical harm, bruises, cuts etc...to hell with there complaints. They are in there for a reason, punishment for commiting a crime. Make it punishment.
I read somewhere that 80% of serious crimes are commited by 10% of the poopulation. This combined with our incarcerate but treat them good system explains why 90% of criminals are repeat offenders. Lets make it miserable for them. The system is broke and a huge drain on the already miserable economy.
We need to cut spending. This makes more sense than cutting cops, firemen and teachers
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
They all make it sound so easy
I just had lunch with a friend. In between bites of two juicy, greasy burgers we had a semi-serious discussion about a lot of self-help books, CDs, internet sites etc...One thing that strikes me about all of them, and I have read many, is how simple they make everything sound.
I was just reading one "self-improvement" guru site that gives 10 reasons why getting a job is bad. He sounded as if he is of the firm opinion that we should all work for ourselves. Yea sounds great, but reality has to set in sometimes and give a slap in the face. Like who is going to help at the gym you talked about going to on your blog? Who is going to serve you your latte? Get real. Has he seen the unemployment, foreclosure and bankruptcy rates lately?
Face it, in a perfect world we could all do what he does and earn what he earns. (which is way to much for his advice) In reality it just does not happen. The best scenario is you can quit your job and work for yourself. The reality is very few people make it to that point. It is the same as being a professional athlete the reality is it is one in 1,000,000 that makes it.
The truth is life is not that easy. If we believe it is as simple as think positive or quit your job and work for yourself we will be disappointed (and probably broke). Everything about life has both rewards and consequences. It is how we deal with both that makes life either rewarding or disapointing. Although thinking positive and working for yourself has much to do with it, it is not all inclusive.
The truth is life is not easy, it takes work. Anyone selling you something that contradicts that is just selling you something!
I was just reading one "self-improvement" guru site that gives 10 reasons why getting a job is bad. He sounded as if he is of the firm opinion that we should all work for ourselves. Yea sounds great, but reality has to set in sometimes and give a slap in the face. Like who is going to help at the gym you talked about going to on your blog? Who is going to serve you your latte? Get real. Has he seen the unemployment, foreclosure and bankruptcy rates lately?
Face it, in a perfect world we could all do what he does and earn what he earns. (which is way to much for his advice) In reality it just does not happen. The best scenario is you can quit your job and work for yourself. The reality is very few people make it to that point. It is the same as being a professional athlete the reality is it is one in 1,000,000 that makes it.
The truth is life is not that easy. If we believe it is as simple as think positive or quit your job and work for yourself we will be disappointed (and probably broke). Everything about life has both rewards and consequences. It is how we deal with both that makes life either rewarding or disapointing. Although thinking positive and working for yourself has much to do with it, it is not all inclusive.
The truth is life is not easy, it takes work. Anyone selling you something that contradicts that is just selling you something!
Some things I just don't understand
After a ton of searching for the right answers to life, with limited luck, and a slow internet connection, I have come to the conclusion that "It don't take no Ph.D. More often then not common sense prevails over a Ph.D... and it definitely prevails over a politically derived decision.
For instance, millions of dollars for the scholarly type, getting paid with our tax dollars, to come to the conclusion that kids will outgrow bed wetting. Anybody with a child could have told you that for far less cost.
We all know teens make stupid decisions. My teenage experience of breaking a nose jumping off a house into a four foot deep pool tells you that. Do we need to spend millions of dollars and 15 Ph.Ds to study their brains to confirm it. How about "Teens are Dangerous Drivers" Well duh! We already know they make bad decisions. Then they are put in new situations where they are inexperienced and now have to actually pay attention to other drivers, cars, laws, traffic lights and more. But lets go ahead and spend millions more to confirm this.
Hey, I have an idea. Lets get a Ph.D and government funding to do a study and figure out how much money is being wasted by studies that could be answered with common sense. Better yet, somebody tell me how these people talk money out of others to complete stupid studies. That sounds like an easy gig
I have often thought about continuing my education. I could be "Dr. Cox." Sort of has a nice ring to it. I think I have heard it before. But alas, I don't know what kind of Ph.D you even need to swindle money from the government or institutions to study questions that can be answered by common sense.
For instance, millions of dollars for the scholarly type, getting paid with our tax dollars, to come to the conclusion that kids will outgrow bed wetting. Anybody with a child could have told you that for far less cost.
We all know teens make stupid decisions. My teenage experience of breaking a nose jumping off a house into a four foot deep pool tells you that. Do we need to spend millions of dollars and 15 Ph.Ds to study their brains to confirm it. How about "Teens are Dangerous Drivers" Well duh! We already know they make bad decisions. Then they are put in new situations where they are inexperienced and now have to actually pay attention to other drivers, cars, laws, traffic lights and more. But lets go ahead and spend millions more to confirm this.
Hey, I have an idea. Lets get a Ph.D and government funding to do a study and figure out how much money is being wasted by studies that could be answered with common sense. Better yet, somebody tell me how these people talk money out of others to complete stupid studies. That sounds like an easy gig
I have often thought about continuing my education. I could be "Dr. Cox." Sort of has a nice ring to it. I think I have heard it before. But alas, I don't know what kind of Ph.D you even need to swindle money from the government or institutions to study questions that can be answered by common sense.
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