Politics

Another November political season has ended.

Yea! Ohio defeated SB5. This was a really bad bill in many ways. Of course they picked on the one thing that would get people riled up....and lost.

Once again they went after the people they should not be going after....fire, police, nurses and teachers. I mean, come on. Why would you go after the same people who have your life, property and kids in their hands? Can you spell S-T-U-P-I-D?

These are NOT the people raking in the big bucks!!!

In fact, the people who ARE raking in the big bucks had already made sure that THEY would not have to worry about it. Yeah, those whose salaries are that 43% higher that was talked about....those who do NOT pay into pension funds or health care had ALREADY made their loopholes.....right in the same bill that went after the ones who do. Yeah, I'm a Firefighter/Paramedic. I pay 10% into my pension (though Mr. Kasich doesn't seem to think so, although he also WANTS my pension money for his Ponzi schemes); my co-workers pay at least 15% into health insurance (some even more). However, Mr. Kasich, his staff, most administrators both State and Municipal do NOT pay into anything, but get nice fat pensions anyway.

But the experts say.....

Who are these guys? How did they become experts? And why did they forget the algorithms in Economics 101?

Capitalism = supply vs. demand.
You can build a ton of cars but if no one buys them, throwing money at a corporation to continue making products no one buys just does not make economic sense.

But the experts say.....

Stockholders/shareholders need to be reimbursed for their investment. OK, I agree.
BUT....if the guy who builds the product cannot buy the product because all the money is going to shareholders, then HELLO...supply vs demand strikes again!

Let's try something simple. Pay the guy who produces. That's why Unions were created (but we've already gone there). The guy who produces is the guy who will buy something to continue to cycle. Take out the actual producer, there's less people to buy the product. This is NOT rocket science!

I'm thinking that maybe, just maybe, it's time that we put in a bunch of people who are NOT incumbents; have no history of "you can't do that"; are not beholden to the lobbyists (anybody see 60 Minutes last week? AWESOME interview with a lobbyist); and are willing to just get it done.

Because, OBVIOUSLY, the ones already in Congress or State Houses are NOT willing to get it done.