Re: Yeah, they have to make a profit....Re: DOLLAR COLLAPSE NOW

On May 18, 7:38=A0pm, Stray Dog <straydog2...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 18, 10:55 am, Mani Deli <noth...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Sat, 17 May 2008 21:48:59 -0700 (PDT), BobR
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> > <re...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >You know, the fact is that I really don't care about those super-
> > >rich. =A0The fact is that they spend their money and when they do,
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> > >employ thousands of others. =A0If they are not spending their money,
> > >they are investing it which in turn results in even more jobs.
> > >Somebody is building those yachts, mansions and servants, lawyers,
> > >CPA's and PR groups are making money which in turn contributes to the
> > >economy.
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> Nice try to justify the existence of the "elite" super-rich, but the
> additional fact is that a great fraction obtain their money by the
> exploitation of every trick, every tweak, every cheat that they can
> get away with. The fact is that the biggest cor****ations, with the
> most highly paid CEOs (and well off investors) also employ a smaller
> relative number of employees than the small businesses, and so I'm
> happy for the guys who run small businesses and employ larger
> fractions of the population and the owners/executives of most of those
> are welcome to make more money but its still a lot less than the
> ripoff super-rich.
>

I am not trying to justify the existence of the "elite" super-rich nor
am I trying to condem them for their success.  While I will quickly
agree that there are those who get there on the backs of others, many
that I know have earned their millions by working both hard, smart,
and taking the chances that most of us are afraid to make.  I am also
a strong sup****ter of small business rather than giant cor****ations.
On the other hand, if not for the large cor****ations some things would
simply not exist and others would be beyond most peoples ability to
afford.

> > American mythology for those getting ****ed by the upper one percent!
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> > The small group rich owners of this country need to keep the rest of
> > you ignorant, that's the American way.
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> > "The owners of this country count on the fact that Americans will
> > probably remain wilfully ignorant of the big Red White Blue dick
> > that's being jammed up their assholes every day. Because the owners of
> > this country know the truth, it's called the American Dream, because
> > you have to be asleep to believe it."
>
> There is a lot of mythology about how "free" we are and yet for 99% of
> the people, 99% of their business transactions are based on prices
> they will pay at all the stores, with ZERO bargaining power, and they
> will pay with money that they make, 99% of the time, with ZERO
> bargaining power over how much their wages will be (most employers
> will offer a job on a take it or leave it pay scale). =A0That "power
> situation" has much more power fall on the side of the rich, as it has
> been through most of history, and the underlings have almost zero
> control over it. The only situation where the underlings have a little
> control is when unions are present and are working within (preferably
> low corruption) conditions that allow some power to be shared with the
> executives. The idea that you can just not shop at a given store if
> you don't like the price is a bogus option since all of those prices,
> even at competitors, are cranked out on spreadsheets to maximize
> profit for the sellers (minimize bargains for the buyers). Etc.
>
>
Four years ago the organization that I work for lost a bit over $1
million.  Three years ago we lost over $3 million.  I started working
for them just over three years ago as a senior billing analyst.  It
was made perfectly clear to me that we were on the verge of being shut
down if we could not turn things around.  The first thing I did was to
review our cost and pricing structure with a resulting updating to our
prices that in some cases resulted in increases and others were
decreased.  Yes, we tried every thing possible to maximize profit.
The result was a $4 million turn around to realize a $1 million profit
last year.  Next step was to review the entire billing process and
audit it for lost billing which has pushed the current year to what
will probably result in $2 million profit.  As a result, we are now
able to put money back into the organization to replace the IS System
and invest in new equipment.  Yes, I use spreadsheets, databases, and
everything else I can think of to maximize our income.  If I had not,
I would not have a job today and neither would a couple of hundred
other people.


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> > George Carlin on who really controls America--
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> > watch the whole
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Gawd, I must say that if I had to live day in and day out with the
same attitude you people seem to want to cling to I would just kill
myself and be done with it.  Do you really have it all that damn bad
that you have to be so concerned about those with more than you?