"U.S.A., Inc."

Most of you who are reading this have been either employees or employers. We have either worked for someone or had others work for us. Each of these groups, employees and employers, has specific dictates that go into what is expected of them to successfully execute their duties.

A good employee must be diligent in his assigned duties and perform them to his employer’s specifications. Good attendance is always required to assure that his work is completed in a timely manner. Good character is desired from all workers as it will directly impact the quality of an employee’s work ethic. Honesty and integrity are qualities that all employers look for when hiring a prospective candidate for any position.

A good employer must be a good judge of character and be fair-minded in all his decisions when he considers hiring a new employee. A good employer must be fair to his employees without being a “soft touch”. A good employer is responsible and ethical in all his practices with his customers and his employees. A good employer is honest and truthful in all of his dealings to insure the success of his business.

Every two years we have elections in the United States; every four years we have a Presidential Election. In a sense, we are the employers of our government’s leaders, and we give them a “performance review” every two years, and every two years our Senators and Representatives try to show us what kind of a job they are doing.

If we lived in the “United States of America Inc.” what type of performance review should we be giving to our executive and legislative employees this year? What kind of a job have they been doing lately to advance the causes of “U.S.A., Inc”?

Let’s start with the “bottom line”; America is running in the RED worse now than it has ever been in its history. Our credit rating has been lowered for the first time ever in its history, not too good so far. We hold a 17 trillion dollar debt that is continuing to grow without restraint. The incomes of American households have gotten smaller and our unemployment is at a dismal point of around 8%. Our Gross Domestic Product is about .1%; a failure by any standard; and government spending is at an all time high, as the “monster” continues to feed itself.

Are our employees doing anything to remedy our current fiscal woes? Our President does more speech making than any actual Presidential work; the Oval Office rarely sees our Chief Executive, as he is constantly travelling across the country touting his agenda rather than conversing with members of Congress to find cooperative solutions to our fiscal dilemma . Our Senate has yet to pass a budget in the last six years and has only rejected every proposed budget from the House of Representatives.

As an employer of “U.S.A., Inc”, I am quite unhappy with the performance of our current staff. I have seen a total lack of integrity and commitment from our current employees. I have seen absolutely no effort to find viable alternatives from our Chief Executive or his staff, and I see nothing other than “blame shifting” to explain our lack of a solution to our problems, both foreign and domestic.

As an employer of “U.S.A., Inc.”, I must recommend the dismissal of all of our current staff members due to a total lack of ability in their current positions.

In the “Real World” those who do shoddy work don’t get to keep their jobs; only in government do we continue to retain the inept and irresponsible. It’s too bad we don’t really live in “U.S.A., Inc”!!!