Responsible Government: Which Words Two Don't Go Together?
This information was sent in by a reader so some statistics may differ by sources, but look the trend. Hopefully I can return to more "ministry" type topics soon.
"Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart every hour of every day.
"This works out to $20,928 profit every minute! Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest company in the history of the world. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot, Kroger, Target, Sears, Costco, and K-Mart combined.
"Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years. During this same period, 31 supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.
"Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 Years ago. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur At a Wal-Mart store. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 billion.)
"You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to fix the economy.
"This should be read and understood by all Americans: Democrats, Republicans, EVERYONE, especially to the 535 voting members of the Legislature,
a.. The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. You have had 236 years to get it right and it is broke.
b.. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 76 years to get it right and it is broke.
c.. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 73 years to get it right and it is broke.
d.. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 47 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" and they only want more.
e.. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 46 years to get it right and they are broke.
f.. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 41 years to get it right and it is broke.
g.. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 34 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
h.. The War on Drugs? Pathetic, expensive, and, well, got the picture?
"You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars and you want Americans to believe you can be trusted with a government-run health care system??"
I agree with this upset reader. Everything is the same: same type of people in Congress, same taxing and spending mentality, another attempt at making big government even bigger, EXCEPT this time it will work out better? Yez suh, boss!
The only way to really "fix" this problem is by downsizing the federal government, and moving the workload to the states. Let local people work on local problems, and cut out some of the above departments, or let private contractors manage them.
At least the people who spent $36,000,000 that hour at Walmart had something to show for their money, even if they returned everything the next day. Returns? Now there's an idea.
"Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart every hour of every day.
"This works out to $20,928 profit every minute! Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest company in the history of the world. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot, Kroger, Target, Sears, Costco, and K-Mart combined.
"Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years. During this same period, 31 supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.
"Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 Years ago. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur At a Wal-Mart store. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 billion.)
"You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to fix the economy.
"This should be read and understood by all Americans: Democrats, Republicans, EVERYONE, especially to the 535 voting members of the Legislature,
a.. The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. You have had 236 years to get it right and it is broke.
b.. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 76 years to get it right and it is broke.
c.. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 73 years to get it right and it is broke.
d.. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 47 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" and they only want more.
e.. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 46 years to get it right and they are broke.
f.. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 41 years to get it right and it is broke.
g.. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 34 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
h.. The War on Drugs? Pathetic, expensive, and, well, got the picture?
"You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars and you want Americans to believe you can be trusted with a government-run health care system??"
I agree with this upset reader. Everything is the same: same type of people in Congress, same taxing and spending mentality, another attempt at making big government even bigger, EXCEPT this time it will work out better? Yez suh, boss!
The only way to really "fix" this problem is by downsizing the federal government, and moving the workload to the states. Let local people work on local problems, and cut out some of the above departments, or let private contractors manage them.
At least the people who spent $36,000,000 that hour at Walmart had something to show for their money, even if they returned everything the next day. Returns? Now there's an idea.
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