Probably the most promising phrase introduced at the GOP Candidate forum at the Regan Museum in Semi Valley, California (9/7/11) was Romney's idea of not taxing the savings of middle and lower class Americans. My entire adult life, if I saved any money, it would be taxed. If I put my money in a certificate of deposit, it would be taxed. Perhaps the ideology behind taxing the rich a lesser percentage would make people work harder to make it to the top, so they could escape the 33% tax bracket. Yet, the problem with that is the making it to the top, especially for those living within a low-income economic household.
Those living in a low-income household are less likely to be placed in the pipeline of promotion, and are more likely to see another come in ahead of them even though they have been with the company longer and have done more for the company in the way of labor, loyalty, and dependability. Also, those living in a low-income household are not privvy that such a thing as a promotion pipeline exists, since it is in their thinking that because they are an American, opportunity will be extended to them because of their talent. This type of thinking is a false assumption and has proven to be so over the last 30 to 40 years.
The promotion pipeline agenda is a latent agenda that is riddled with silence, secrecy, and unfairness. It promotes the undeserving and the less talented, and it creates chaos and conflict in the workplace.
So this is the politics on the inside of companies, so what is the politics on the outside of business? Not much better. A weak economy warrants businesses to cut back and offers a nice political back drop for hopeful nominees to make promises they won't or can't keep. Yet, many voters still think they will make a difference at the polls and will exercise their right to vote the lesser of the two evils into office, which they should.
What I heard during the GOP debate was mud slinging, when the President wasn't even there to defend himself; yet when it came time to name names of those who are running to shut down theoretical science, no names were tagged. I guess for the nominee hopefuls, it would be too embarrassing to reveal up close and personal whom they had named outside of the debate, which goes on to show none of the GOP hopefuls have any assertive balls about them to work on behalf of the American people.
Probably one of the most funniest and vague ideas came from Cain, who introduced a 9-9-9 system when it came time to tax business. I can't go any further to explain it because it wasn't explained. Those of us watching the debate all had that Shrek look on our faces when we heard Cain say 9-9-9, you remember when Shrek goes to the carnival and his picture is taken when he isn't expecting it--you know that weird kind of "what's this?" look,that's what I'm talking about. When an audience is left to their own imaginations when a vague idea is presented, it can't be good.
The reality about jobs, is that "we the people" have to get out there and get them ourselves. No politician is going to do that or get that for us. The other reality is there aren't that many jobs out there to get unless you know someone who works for a company and they have some ties to the personnel office or to the boss. Unfortunately, being employed within an industry that has high work politics isn't always interested in talent, and talent or knowledge isn't even necessary sometimes. Sometimes all that is necessary is to have someone fill the slot, no matter who, which is why you shouldn't take it personally if you didn't get the job. So if America is only ranking 5th in competitiveness, it's amazing that we are 5th and not lower.
In order for JOBS to turn around and for Americans to feel like there is real opportunity for them, there needs to be fairness within the business realm. I believe morale has dropped so low because many Americans feel they have no opportunity. When a person feels he/she has no real opportunity he/she stops trying.
The reality behind GOP hopefuls is that if any one of them has a genuine and authentic heart for America, that heart is clouded by media and other obsticles, so much so that Americans cannot distinguish the difference between the real deal and the wrong deal.
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