Local Economy vs Corporations and Working for WalMart

Need to start by kicking out every single politician who has served at least 2 terms or more cause no matter your party I think we can all agree that it's getting pretty old looking and listening to the same old full of self interest greed.

Well I think Clinton had the right idea with welfare limits. But, in the same sense if you take me for example I went to college and have a mountain of debt from that, with the economy the way that it is I can't find a job that pays more than $10 an hour well paying child care for three children it is cheaper for me to stay home. So if I wasn't married I would work for $10 and than have to have some type of public aid because with house payment/rent, living expenses (lights gas water) food, daycare, student loans, I wouldn't have enough to live. It's all very sad that kids go into college to make a better life for themselves and yet when they get out there's no place for them to work that actually pays a living wage. Both parties are flawed. It will continue to be that way until someone changes it.

Personally I think you are on to something here. They do keep on giving $$ to people and help the Big Corporations and not worry about the small ones, but at the same time like others have expressed if they were to tell you how to spend your extra $$ or where to spend it, I don't think that this would solve the problems either. I think personally there is a lot of things that really need to be considered, but I don't think that there is an easy solution to this either.

Most of our parents, grandparents and greatgrandparents were able to work for someone else and maintain self reliance at the same time. The difference is, they didn't define self worth by the numbers on their paycheck or what benefits their employers provided. Self worth cannot be provided by anyone else, it can only be from inside. To other generations of Americans, paychecks, possessions and stature in their community was a by product of the American Dream, not the dream itself. The American Dream is now defined by what we own, but in the past it was defined as self determination. Nowadays we defined "charity" as giving money to the "needy". How insulting and degrading to the beautiful concept. Money, of course, is one of the tools used by they truly charitable, but it is only a tool. If we do nothing but perpetuate a needy state in a person, we haven't been charitible in the least. In fact, if our money has discouraged the person to rise above their state, we have done the exact opposite of charity. We have done nothing but made ourselves feel better.. at the expense of other. The best thing that the government can do for small business is quit passing laws and regulations that do nothing but discourage success. The best thing that the government can do to discourage corruption in big business is to quit enjoying the benefits of that corruption.

I don't see anyone forcing you to work for walmart so I wouldn't worry about it. My daughter is working for them 24 hours per week. and has had consistent raises, bonuses, paid a bonus for working Sundays, was offered full insurance benefits, has a 401k that shot up from about $52.00 to over $600.00 in a matter of a few months. We're talking part-time mind you and she only puts in $2.00 a month into her 401k. She's also saved over $5000.00 in an account to help her start her own business. They have respected her disability and kept her schedule the same. She's learned to socialize which was a large problem due to her autism. Even the highest management at the store treats her with high regard.

So you prefer to be a slave to the government? I believe in the free market. What does the government produce, other than a bunch of programs to spend OUR hard earned money? If it wasn't for "big corporations", the government would not have any of this money, hundreds of millions would be unemployed, and mom and pop would be scraping by, tending to their garden, and hoping to survive the next winter. I believe in a minimalist government as outlined by the Constitution and envisioned by our forefathers. Thanks for your time.