Greed in America

It never ceases to amaze me how greedy Americans have become. The cliché, “Money is the Root of all Evil’, is more obvious now than at any time in American History.

If it wasn’t for Greedy CEOs of such firms like Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, etc… and the list goes on America would not be facing the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression. This is the result of many factors that made it just to tempting to resist grabbing the brass ring when the brass ring was practically handed to these CEOs.

How…you ask. Well, when a CEO makes more money by being fired for poor performance than by a yearly salary plus bonuses and stock options there seems little incentive to maintain a high level of integrity and to move the corporation to greater profits. At my level, if I don’t perform up to standards I would be escorted by security to the door, my final paycheck would be mailed to me and I would have to make an appointment to pick up my personal items. When a CEO and/or Senior staff Vice Presidents are Fired, they get hefty paychecks to ease their pain and embarrassment.

The two biggest examples of how Greed has taken over America are 1) the Governor of Illinois where he was caught trying to sell off a Senate Seat to the highest bidder, 2)are the labor unions, specifically the U.A.W. who have single-handedly bankrupt the three major Auto Makers.

I am having a hard time understanding the thought process behind the Union Members thinking that by being steadfast and not willing to re-negotiate the contract with GM. It seems to me that these members only have two choices, 1) re-negotiate and keep on working or 2)allow GM to completely shut down and be out of a job for possible a very long time. Perhaps someone can explain this to me. Oh….now I know -- GREED.

This Greed, unfortunately is costing all working Americans because it is their and my TAX Dollars that the Unions Members want, regardless of the consequences to US the TAX Payers. I am angry and resentful and YOU as TAX Payers should be also.

GREED…SELF CENTEREDNESS…and SELFISHNESS is why America is headed for the Second Great Depression.

EXPERIENCE (Is it Important?)

There has been a lot of TV and Internet advertisements from both presidential candidates about their competency to be President based on their experience. Senator McCain has been in the Senate for over 25 years while Senator Obama has been in the Senate for about 3 years and two of those he has spent running for President.

Is Experience really that important? Well to put this question into perspective lets up look at this in a much lower level. When a working class person, such as myself, begins looking for a job, the first thing on the potential Employer’s list of requirements is how much and what kind of Experience do you bring to the table. Most of the job openings that I have looked at require at least 5 to 7 years of Experience. That Experience must also be geared toward the type of work that will be performed. A college professor with 20 years of Experience teaching Family Law does not qualify him to be a Criminal Defense Lawyer.

A college student who just graduated with an MBA does not qualify that person to be a CEO of a major corporation. Anyone who is at the top or who is on their way to the top of any company had to start at the bottom first.

So…why are many Americans so willing to put a Junior Senator from Illinois with zero experience into the White House. Senator Obama has never run a business, never governed a city, big or small, never had to work with unions and never had to work with both parties to come to a compromise on a piece of legislation. Only Mayors and Governors have to do it all. Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has done all of this and much more. She is more qualified to be President than the Presidential candidates themselves.

Again, is Experience Important? Every job that I have applied for requires it. Every hiring manager that I have every talked to questioned me about my experience. Every board of directors for every corporation in America demands it before hiring a CEO and every American who holds stock for any corporation in America would be appalled if they found out that the board members had zero Experience in running a corporation.

Okay, America, here is the choice everyone who votes must make. Vote for the candidate with the Experience to run America or vote for the candidate of Change, Senator Obama with no Experience.

The way I see it, if Senator Obama becomes the next President and your job is lost, when you are talking to a hiring manager and that person asks you about your Experience in that particular field and you say that you don’t have any, tell that manager that you should be hired anyway because after all, you did vote for Senator Obama and he had no Experience either.