Frustrating
It is frustrating to me when someone writes are tells me something they know I disagree with, and do not give me an opportunity to respond.
I recently received an e-mail signed "Your Critic". It had an e-mail address attached, so I responded. Unfortunately the e-mail address was evidently invalid and my response did not go through. I am going to include the e-mail I received here, and then my response. I do try to remain civil in these discussions, though that seems to be hard to find these days. I you know who sent this e-mail, please let them know of my response.
His E-mail:
Subject Line: 4 Restorations are required before jobs will be created.
It does not take a "Rocket Scientist" to determine that there will be no significant hiring of workers until company managers see some stability in their ability to calculate the cost of products and services along with the elimination of constant and unnecessary interference by Government.
1. President Obama and Democrat leaders must stop the verbal bashing of private enterprise in order for employers and their stockholders to believe that adding personnel will result in profitability. Currently, business feels that they are being treated as the wicked enemy.
2. Adding more and more regulations (like health care, energy penalties, environmental restrictions, financial reporting, affirmative action reporting, etc.) must cease so that employers can determine the financial impact on their hiring and expansion plans in order to determine if those plans could result in profitable products and services.
3. Proposed increases and changes to taxes and tax exemptions must cease so that businesses can determine if adding workers could result in profitable products and services.
4. The Government must cease from taking over and controlling industries like the automotive, "big oil" and financial. Forcing financial institutions to make ridiculous home loans, rescuing "too big to fail", subsidizing unfeasible energy industries, bailing out irresponsible "homeowners", etc. merely exacerbate long-term instability.
Sincerely.... your critic,
Big Head
My response:
Big Head Critic,
Thanks for your e-mail and chance to respond to it. It also doesn't take a Rocket Scientist to realize that the policies you advocate, came very close to putting us in a second Great Depression.
It always amazes me how people who agree on so much and want so many of the same things, can look at what is happening and come to two very different conclusions.
The Democratic Leadership is not against private enterprise, and are not 'bashing' it. They simply want them to be responsible. It should not be the cost of the taxpayers to pay for the cleanup of the garbage created by private enterprise while they make millions. In fact, if you check the historical facts, you will find that private enterprise and the stock market has always done better under Democratic policies.
You have managed to confirm what I have been telling folks is my conclusion as to what the "TEA" in Tea Party stands for. I have decided it means, Take Everything Away. They do not want any regulations of industry, they do not want any laws to protect the environment, our safety, or our health, and they definitely do not want any programs that might help someone.
The 'bailout' of homeowners has been very restricted, and only to those who were behaving responsibly. The bailout of the big banks happened under GWB. The takover of the automotive industry was to save it, and the millions of jobs attached to it. Have you noticed that GM has already paid back the money used for them. Ford is reporting profits again, and Chrysler is almost solvent. Not a bad thing to do, seems to me.
I suppose you prefer subsidizing oil companies, who are already making record profits, as we did from 2000 to 2009. We should be in the front of clean and renewable energy sources, but we have been letting China get ahead of us.
You have the right to your opinion and criticism. And I have the right to disagree. Watch what happens and understand there are other ways of thinking, and no one is always right, rocket scientist or otherwise.
Sincerely,
Nelson Thomas
I recently received an e-mail signed "Your Critic". It had an e-mail address attached, so I responded. Unfortunately the e-mail address was evidently invalid and my response did not go through. I am going to include the e-mail I received here, and then my response. I do try to remain civil in these discussions, though that seems to be hard to find these days. I you know who sent this e-mail, please let them know of my response.
His E-mail:
Subject Line: 4 Restorations are required before jobs will be created.
It does not take a "Rocket Scientist" to determine that there will be no significant hiring of workers until company managers see some stability in their ability to calculate the cost of products and services along with the elimination of constant and unnecessary interference by Government.
1. President Obama and Democrat leaders must stop the verbal bashing of private enterprise in order for employers and their stockholders to believe that adding personnel will result in profitability. Currently, business feels that they are being treated as the wicked enemy.
2. Adding more and more regulations (like health care, energy penalties, environmental restrictions, financial reporting, affirmative action reporting, etc.) must cease so that employers can determine the financial impact on their hiring and expansion plans in order to determine if those plans could result in profitable products and services.
3. Proposed increases and changes to taxes and tax exemptions must cease so that businesses can determine if adding workers could result in profitable products and services.
4. The Government must cease from taking over and controlling industries like the automotive, "big oil" and financial. Forcing financial institutions to make ridiculous home loans, rescuing "too big to fail", subsidizing unfeasible energy industries, bailing out irresponsible "homeowners", etc. merely exacerbate long-term instability.
Sincerely.... your critic,
Big Head
My response:
Big Head Critic,
Thanks for your e-mail and chance to respond to it. It also doesn't take a Rocket Scientist to realize that the policies you advocate, came very close to putting us in a second Great Depression.
It always amazes me how people who agree on so much and want so many of the same things, can look at what is happening and come to two very different conclusions.
The Democratic Leadership is not against private enterprise, and are not 'bashing' it. They simply want them to be responsible. It should not be the cost of the taxpayers to pay for the cleanup of the garbage created by private enterprise while they make millions. In fact, if you check the historical facts, you will find that private enterprise and the stock market has always done better under Democratic policies.
You have managed to confirm what I have been telling folks is my conclusion as to what the "TEA" in Tea Party stands for. I have decided it means, Take Everything Away. They do not want any regulations of industry, they do not want any laws to protect the environment, our safety, or our health, and they definitely do not want any programs that might help someone.
The 'bailout' of homeowners has been very restricted, and only to those who were behaving responsibly. The bailout of the big banks happened under GWB. The takover of the automotive industry was to save it, and the millions of jobs attached to it. Have you noticed that GM has already paid back the money used for them. Ford is reporting profits again, and Chrysler is almost solvent. Not a bad thing to do, seems to me.
I suppose you prefer subsidizing oil companies, who are already making record profits, as we did from 2000 to 2009. We should be in the front of clean and renewable energy sources, but we have been letting China get ahead of us.
You have the right to your opinion and criticism. And I have the right to disagree. Watch what happens and understand there are other ways of thinking, and no one is always right, rocket scientist or otherwise.
Sincerely,
Nelson Thomas
posted by NHThomas | 10:30 AM
1 Comments:
Great response! ...and infinitely correct.
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