Last night, I went to one of Herman Cain's rallies in TN. Before going, I went to his website, http://www.hermancain.com/999plan to see if there were any changes since last time. YUP, there was.
I can now see his strategy (and it makes all the sense in the world) and it is brilliant.
In his speech last night, and he revealed another portion of his 9-9-9 plan and the logic behind it.
There is NO WAY the far leftists and "rightists" can stop his momentum.... he will always be one step ahead of them.
For security purposes, I cannot tell you what I perceived and I hope and pray he will be able to continue his campaign, because everyone, Radical Left, Radical Right, and everyone in between will learn from him that can promote their own goals. He's leaking these concepts, one by one, and they are moving to a crescendo that will be well worth the wait for everyone. I know his intentions are honorable.
Why am I so interested in Dr. Cain? Because he leaked a phrase that no one picked up on. His phrase told me that he is definitely on the right path. His leaked phrase is undeniable, accurate, and cannot be spun, twisted, or misinterpreted.
Like Herman's life, I was brought up to know that if I wanted something, I had to work for it. I had a job since 4th grade and did those jobs that nobody wanted. I worked on a produce farm with migrant workers from age 12 - 18. To augment my $0.35 to $1.10/hour wage during my farm "career", I also had a paper route at the same time. I'll never forget the two weeks I worked to fill in for a friend of mine in one of the worst jobs I could imagine: washing dishes in a bakery. All the big greasy pots and pans, stacked two-three feet high all over the place had to be washed thoroughly with hot water and detergent and disinfected with a 180F water rinse. (It was brutal, and after the four hot sweaty hours it took to do the job, I went home (on a bus) stinking like lard totally worn out.) To me, this was "normal", i.e. no complaints because that was the way it was.
In kindergarten, my mother walked me the mile to get there (winter, too). In elementary school to 4th grade, I walked the mile to school. After 4th grade, we moved to a newer home in a newer neighborhood which was about 8 miles away from elementary school, so we either rode our bikes, or took the city bus to get there. I walked 5 miles (one way) to high school and back no matter what the weather was. (Like -17F below zero with high winds.)
I didn't even think of complaining, because that was the way it was.
(Don't worry, my idea is coming, the above background is needed to understand it.)
Protests are everywhere right now. On the screen I see a lot of people complaining about Wall Street, the "corrupt" Banks, people who are paid by communists, unions, and other special interest groups to try to get something from whomever they are bashing.
This behavior makes me cry. Why? Because NO ONE TOLD THEM ABOUT THE WAY THINGS TRULY ARE AND HOW THEY WORK. Not knowing the true FACTS on how our world runs causes stress and emotional outbursts. NO ONE LIKES INSECURITY. Lack of knowledge causes insecurity, worry, and illogical outbursts.
Know this. NO ONE OWE'S YOU ANYTHING, not even your parents. Life happens, some good, some bad and that's reality. We can fix our lives in many ways, some honorable, some not. BUT WE CAN FIX IT - IF WE DECIDE IT IS UP TO US as individuals TO FIX OUR OWN LIVES.
(Getting closer to my idea.)
One thing about MONEY. Money is a piece of paper that represents the value what an individual has done for someone or for society. The value of a dollar is the amount of effort (or possession) a person agreed to do (exchange) that is worth that unit of value. (If someone gave you that dollar, that someone had to provide a dollar's amount of value to society.)
A nation's wealth is not money, it is the result of effort. For instance, a nation's wealth includes roads, highways, homes, mansions, yachts, junkers, inventory, land, resources, and intellectual property. A nation's wealth is the total of all the values it possesses.
So, now, let's get to our unemployed youth. The beginning of the solution to our economic troubles.
(Remember, ECONOMY = FLOW of Values (money), Pieces of paper stuffed in a mattress does NOT flow so it provides no benefit to the economy until it is put into motion (spent). (But, those pieces of paper are savings, a good thing for spending later when we can no longer provide value.)
We see youth protesting across this nation without a clue as to why they are protesting. Some will say they got cheated in their education and now flip burgers with a PHD in basket weaving with a BIG student loan debt hanging over their heads for the rest of their lives. (Like "green" degrees?)
Here's my IDEA....
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Let's give our youth the opportunity to build their own future. This will be especially doable in the ghetto where there a tons of abandoned buildings.
Let's set it up so our youth could own their own home/mansion if they built it themselves with free raw materials and a piece of land given to them. All they would have to do is decide what they'd like to live in and go for it.
Every land fill, every abandoned building has all the resources needed to build a mansion. If there are any electronics in them, they could even have gold plated faucets. All they would need to do is dream their dream and be given the permission to do it. Each facet of building the mansion would be thought out if greed is implicated. (Junk Yards are also a great place for re-cycling resources. Nuts, bolts, electronic components anybody?)
Our youth are very creative and motivated to have something for their very own, to be unique, to stand out in the crowd, to have and be able to provide value. Any project that fails will provide the experience to do better the next time around.
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You can take the idea above literally, or figuratively. The idea is to allow our youth (and anyone else) to provide value for themselves (as well as others.).
For instance, (and some of these are lame... I know.)
- Teams of unwed mothers could provide babysitting services for each other while the rest of the team works to provide value for everyone in the team. Home decorating, recycling used clothing into drapes, shades, new clothing to sell, dying old clothes to make them look new, making quilts to help keep the poorer of us to stay warm. Ever think of using old clothes (rags) to make tie-dyed wallpaper, pillows, or pet beds? (Goodwill has tons of recycling ideas in their stores.)
- Education Loan Strapped Students can cut a deal with the government that would allow them to provide value to society such as... re-cycling old buildings, cleaning/painting government property, working in national parks, fighting wildfires, renovating national monuments, cleaning up the environment.
- Home care for the elderly. Help our elderly and handicapped citizens to stay in their homes. This would save the government (us) money by reducing the cost of housing our older folks in government sponsored facilities.
Even the gangs in Los Angeles understand commitments and pacts. Stories of their wounded warriors being cared for by their gang mates pop up in the news. This idea can be expanded to teams of "value" producers. Let's say a team gets together to renovate an abandoned home with the understanding that once the renovation is done, they can either sell it or live in it.
Providing ownership changes the way items of value (such as homes and buildings.....) are treated.
I expect a lot of criticism... but today is not one of my "brightest light bulb" days.
Let these ideas fester for a while, I'm sure someone will come up with a real winner using this thought process.
I have no claim on intelligence,. I realize this, and I'm too old to think otherwise. (Second childhood is GREAT!)
Enjoy, laugh, consider.
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