QBQ

Why am I angry? Well I could blame it on the people who did not send information out on time. I could blame technology for not getting the message across in time. I could blame the person who writes up the reports. I could do a lot of blaming. Does that get me in a better position? No. I need to ask the QBQ (question behind the question). What could I have done better to facilitate a better outcome? How could I have better communicated what I wanted, when I wanted it done and the consequences of lack of action?
This is the second time this has happened to me. The first time was not a pleasant experience and this time is not looking any different. I have let down my family and now need to do something to fix the situation. The first thing I am going to do is to be on top of the people who are supposed to be helping me. Sounds silly that I need to supervise people that are supposed to be providing me with a high level of customer service. In the end it is my responsibility to insure that everything goes according to plan.
In all seriousness I hope that I will help this group of people learn what it is to be accountable. I know I see them for a service. Now I need to take it into my own hands to get the best service that they can provide.

Harry

Obama Wins

For those who don't know me, I am a very conservative person. I believe in a limited government, strong military, low taxes. I believe we should uphold laws, reject abortion, and care for others. Unfortunately many Americans were sick of the way the country was being run and wanted a change. We elected Obama as the 44th President of the United States. I say we not the liberals elected Obama, because I am not a poor looser. Unlike many liberals who said Bush was not their president, Obama is my president because I am an American. Even though I did not vote for the man or his politics, he is still the president of the United States.

So what now? Liberals will say you lost and lost big. Okay, so what? There has to be winners and losers. Am I going to cry over spilled milk? No! I propose we now need to work harder. We need to educate ourselves, look for alternatives to our arguments, be a movement of self-reliance, generate debate that leads to solutions, and most importantly stand up for our way of life. With that in mind here are my ideas for the President Elect:

• Get rid of the IRS. Our tax code is so large that we spend billions of dollars, both public and private, to complete tax returns, collect taxes, and enforce tax laws. The simple solution is a flat tax on both individual income taxes and corporate taxes. No more deductions. For example: I make $100.00 say the flat tax is 10% I pay the government $10.00 easy simple. Business taxes, my company made $1000.00 my company pays $100.00. No one gets a refund no one takes a deduction. Imagine all the trees we would save not having to print all of those forms or for that matter refund checks. How about the oil, gas and all of the other natural resources that would be saved. And lets not forget we would also lower our carbon foot print. In one short paragraph I have outlined pluses for both sides of the issues. Environmentalists get more trees, less pollution, and smaller carbon foot print, Liberals get no tax breaks for the rich and large corporations, and Conservatives get fair taxes, smaller government, and less paper work.

• Remind the courts that they are to enforce the laws not create them. When people vote on an issue the courts have no right to over turn the outcome. Remember why we had a revolution in 1775? So we could live in a free republic in which the majority rules, not one decided by a few people or for that matter one. The minority needs to strengthen their argument and convince more people to their side. And when it is voted on by legislative or individual vote, both sides need to live with the outcome and not sue the other.

• Get rid of the Death Tax. The Death Tax is a punishment on Americans who want to create a change in their family tree. The money or assets they leave behind have already been taxed. Leave it alone!

• Get the country out of debt. We need to have a country with zero debt. Need to know how? Ask me or Dave Ramsey. It is very easy. Build and emergency fund, lets say for the U.S. a Trillion Dollars, pay off all debt using the Debt Snowball, fully funded emergency fund 30 to 90 years of savings, 15% of the GDP to retirement accounts, fully funded college fund, and finally give to the poor in the world.

• No more bail outs! American companies need to follow excellent business practices. When they fail they fail. We do not bail out the millions of small businesses that fail each year why should we bail out large corporations?

• Leave successful people alone. We often punish successful people by raising their taxes. Stop it! Let everyone decide where to spend their money. If I want to support a soup kitchen let me do it, if I want to give money to raise awareness about shin splints let me. It is my money. I earned it and I can do with it as I please as long as I don't break laws or hurt others.

• Read the book "What I learned in Kindergarten", simple advice for a lifetime of success.

Harry