While fishing the news pipe-lines, I found a story that I could not resist commenting on. Read the Full Story here! The US Chamber of Commerce has suggested taxing hybrid and fuel efficient cars to make up the difference they would be paying with the gas tax (to pay for highways, pot holes, etc). You don't have to pull out your cereal-box decoder ring to decode the sub-text of this article. With more and more people (Article In October 10 issue of Time) switching to hybrid, and other more fuel-efficient vehicles to help curb the cost by inflated gas prices, those record profits declared by such corps. as Exon begin to deflate themselves in a hurry.. Meanwhile, gas execs have been fighting allegations of price gouging on capital hill in the past few weeks, and being asked to explain RECORD PROFITS!! (Exon more than doubled it's yearly earnings)
While both price-gouging, and shortages are evident, attacking people who are driving more fuel efficient vehicles is disturbing.
How is a tax increase going to raise Gas Companies profits?
The answer to this question is two fold. 1) It will encourage people to stop buying econamy cars, and 2) Congress has granted tax breaks to gas companies - The money has to come from somewhere!
Reading this article has me so seething with anger, I don't know quite what else to say. I will let you dear reader read the article for your self, and come to whatever conclusion you will come to.
Friday, November 25, 2005
Monday, November 21, 2005
Laid off for Christmas
How the west was Lost?
GM announced Monday that it will be lying off 30,000 employees to recuperate from this years profit losses, and already the mud-slinging has begun. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1333188&page=1 Those on the left have accused GM of using this maneuver to fatten its execs wallets, while those on the right have retorted that GM doesn't have any responsibility to provide indefinite employment. So who has more ground in this argument? I'll give you a hint; it's not the left or the right.
Yes, GM is experiencing lower demand for their vehicles, and yes again, reducing the number of vehicles produced does mean that you will need to reduce the number of people making said vehicles. However, this is not an anomaly, and laying off workers and eventually moving your operations “over seas” have become the number one business trend in the U.S. And it's no longer just affecting the manufacturing sector; it's spreading like plague into higher paying jobs, such as computer programming, too.
Return tomorrow for what this trend spells for U.S. economy, and what I propose as a solution. (It may just be my opinion, but at least I don't just complain endlessly about it.)
GM announced Monday that it will be lying off 30,000 employees to recuperate from this years profit losses, and already the mud-slinging has begun. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1333188&page=1 Those on the left have accused GM of using this maneuver to fatten its execs wallets, while those on the right have retorted that GM doesn't have any responsibility to provide indefinite employment. So who has more ground in this argument? I'll give you a hint; it's not the left or the right.
Yes, GM is experiencing lower demand for their vehicles, and yes again, reducing the number of vehicles produced does mean that you will need to reduce the number of people making said vehicles. However, this is not an anomaly, and laying off workers and eventually moving your operations “over seas” have become the number one business trend in the U.S. And it's no longer just affecting the manufacturing sector; it's spreading like plague into higher paying jobs, such as computer programming, too.
Return tomorrow for what this trend spells for U.S. economy, and what I propose as a solution. (It may just be my opinion, but at least I don't just complain endlessly about it.)
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Under construction
To my one faithful reader, I apologize for my long absence from the world of "blogging". I have been busy with work, school, and, well, that's about it. There is so much news, and so much to say. However, I am again writing on the run. So, until next time, here is a 9/11 link for you all to chew on. Call it liberal propaganda if it makes you sleep better, but at the end of the day the proof is there for those who have the stomach to believe that not everything is as the press has illuminated it.
Watch 9/11 video, then proceed.
The difficult thing about believing you have been lied to for the last five years, is accepting that you were fool enough to believe in it. For many of us, it is easier to continue defending what we have previously stood for, despite the facts. We will see a new breed of both conservative and liberal, one more fueled with passion than truth. For now, the battle is lost. It is lost until we can start fighting passionately about, and for, the truth again.
Cody Hobbs
Watch 9/11 video, then proceed.
The difficult thing about believing you have been lied to for the last five years, is accepting that you were fool enough to believe in it. For many of us, it is easier to continue defending what we have previously stood for, despite the facts. We will see a new breed of both conservative and liberal, one more fueled with passion than truth. For now, the battle is lost. It is lost until we can start fighting passionately about, and for, the truth again.
Cody Hobbs
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