JUST A LITTLE COMPANY GET-TOGETHER

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JUST A LITTLE COMPANY GET-TOGETHER
By
Neal Boortz
@ August 17, 2009 8:37 AM Permalink | Comments (62) | TrackBacks (0)

Transcript of remarks made by Leo Carrington (who doesn't exist) to a mandatory meeting of all employees of Carrington Automotive Enterprises, Inc. (which doesn't exist either) on August 17th, 2009 at the Royal Payne Hotel (a purely imaginary place) in Norfolk, Virginia (which does, in fact, exist).

I would like to start by thanking you for attending this meeting, though it's not like you had much of a choice. After all, attendance was mandatory. I'm also glad many of you accepted my invitation to your family members to be here as well. I have a few remarks to make to all of you, and then we'll retire to the ballroom for a great lunch and some employee awards.

I felt that this meeting was important enough to close all 12 of our tire and automotive shops today so that you could be here. To reassure you, everybody is being paid for the day --- except me. Since our stores are closed we're making no money. That economic loss is mine to sustain. Carrington Automotive has 157 full time employees and around 30 additional part-timers. All of you are here. I thank you for that.

When you walked into this auditorium you were handed a rather thick 78-page document. Many of you have already taken a peek. You were probably surprised to see that it's my personal tax return for 2008. Those of you who are adept at reading these tax returns will see that last year my taxable income was $534,000.00. Now I'm sure this seems rather high to many of you. So ... let's talk about this tax return.

Carrington Automotive Enterprises is what we call a Sub-S - a Subchapter S corporation. The name comes from a particular part of our tax code. Sub-S status means that the income from all 12 of our stores is reported on my personal tax return. Businesses that report their income on the owner's personal tax return are referred to as "small businesses." So, you see now that this $534,000 is really the total taxable income - the total combined profit from all 12 of our stores. That works out to an average of a bit over $44,000 per store.

Why did I feel it important for you to see my actual 2008 tax return? Well, there's a lot of rhetoric being thrown around today about taxes, small businesses and rich people. To the people in charge in Washington right now I'm a wealthy American making over a half-million dollars a year. Most Americans would agree: I'm just another rich guy; after all ... I had over a half-million in income last year, right? In this room we know that the reality is that I'm a small business owner who runs 12 retail establishments and employs 187 people. Now here's something that shouldn't surprise you, but it will: Just under 100 percent ... make that 99.7 percent of all employers in this countries are small businesses, just like ours. Every one of these businesses reports their income on a personal income tax return. You need to understand that small businesses like ours are responsible for about 80 percent of all private sector jobs in this country, and about 70 percent of all jobs that have been created over the past year. You also need to know that when you hear some politician talking about rich people who earn over $200,000 or $500,000 a year, they're talking about the people who create the jobs.

The people who are now running the show in Washington have been talking for months about raising taxes on wealthy Americans. I already know that in two years my federal income taxes are going to go up by about 4.5 percent. That happens when Obama and the Democrats allow the Bush tax cuts to expire. When my taxes climb by 4.5 percent the Democrats will be on television saying that this really isn't a tax increase. They'll explain that the Bush tax cuts have expired .. nothing more. Here at Carrington we'll know that almost 5% has been taken right off of our bottom line. And that means it will be coming off your bottom line.

Numbers are boring, I know ... but let's talk a bit more about that $534,000. That's the money that was left last year from company revenues after I paid all of the salaries and expenses of running this business. Now I could have kept every penny of that for myself, but that would have left us with nothing to grow our business, to attract new customers and to hire new employees. You're aware that we've been talking about opening new stores in Virginia Beach and Newport News. To do that I will have to buy or lease property, construct a building and purchase inventory. I also have to hire additional people to work in those stores. These people wouldn't immediately be earning their pay. So, where do you think the money for all of this comes from? Right out of our profits .. right out of that $534,000. I need to advertise to bring customers in, especially in these tough times. Where do you think that money comes from? Oh sure, I can count it as an expense when I file my next income tax return .. but for right now that comes from either current revenues or last year's profits. Revenues right now aren't all that hot ... so do the math. A good effective advertising campaign might cost us more than $300,000.

Is this all starting to come together for you now?

Right now the Democrats are pushing a nationalized health care plan that, depending on who's doing the talking, will add anywhere from another two percent to an additional 4.6 percent to my taxes. If I add a few more stores, which I would like to do, and if the economy improves, my taxable income ... our business income ... could go over one million dollars! If that happens the Democrats have yet another tax waiting, another five percent plus! I've really lost tract of all of the new government programs the Democrats and President Obama are proposing that they claim they will be able to finance with new taxes on what they call "wealthy Americans."

And while we're talking about health care, let me explain something else to you. I understand that possibly your biggest complaint with our company is that we don't provide you with health insurance. That is because as your employer I believe that it is my responsibility to provide you with a safe workplace and a fair wage and to do all that I can to preserve and grow this company that provides us all with income. I no more have a responsibility to provide you with health insurance than I do with life, auto or homeowner's insurance. As you know, I have periodically invited agents for health insurance companies here to provide you with information on private health insurance plans. The Democrats are proposing to levy yet another tax against Carrington in the amount of 8 percent of my payroll as a penalty for not providing you with health insurance. You should know that if they do this I will be reducing every person's salary or hourly wage by that same 8 percent. This will not be done to put any more money in my pocket. It will be done to make sure that I don't suffer financially from the Democrat's efforts to place our healthcare under the control of the federal government. It is your health, not mine. It is your healthcare, not mine. These are your expenses, not mine. If you think I'm wrong about all this, I would sure love to hear your reasoning.

Try to understand what I'm telling you here. Those people that Obama and the Democrats call "wealthy Americans" are, in very large part, America's small business owners. I'm one of them. You have the evidence, and surely you don't think that the owner of a bunch of tire stores is anything special. That $534,000 figure on my income tax return puts me squarely in Democrat crosshairs when it comes to tax increases.

Let's be clear about this ... crystal clear. Any federal tax increase on me is going to cost you money, not me. Any new taxes on Carrington Automotive will be new taxes that you, or the people I don't hire to staff the new stores I won't be building, will be paying. Do you understand what I'm telling you? You've heard about things rolling downhill, right? Fine .. then you need to know that taxes, like that other stuff, roll downhill. Now you and I may understand that you are not among those that the Democrats call "wealthy Americans," but when this "tax the rich" thing comes down you are going to be standing at the bottom of the mud slide, if you get my drift. That's life in the big city, my friends ... where elections have consequences.

You know our economy is very weak right now. I've pledged to get us through this without layoffs or cuts in your wages and benefits. It's too bad the politicians can't get us through this without attacking our profits. To insure our survival I have to take a substantial portion of that $534,000 and set it aside for unexpected expenses and a worsening economy. Trouble is, the government is eyeing that money too ... and they have the guns. If they want it, they can take it.

I don't want to make this too long. There's a great lunch waiting for us all. But you need to understand what's happening here. I've worked hard for 23 years to create this business. There were many years where I couldn't take a penny in income because every dollar was being dedicated to expanding the business. There were tough times when it took every dollar of revenues to replenish our inventory and cover your paychecks. During those times I earned nothing. If you want to see those tax returns, just let me know.

OK .. I know I'm repeating myself here. I don't hire stupid people, and you are probably getting it now. So let me just ramble for a few more minutes.

Most Americans don't realize that when the Democrats talk about raising taxes on people making more than $250 thousand a year, they're talking about raising taxes on small businesses. The U.S. Treasury Department says that six out of every ten individuals in this country with incomes of more than $280,000 are actually small business owners. About one-half of the income in this country that would be subject to these increased taxes is from small businesses like ours. Depending on how many of these wonderful new taxes the Democrats manage to pass, this company could see its tax burden increase by as much as $60,000. Perhaps more.

I know a lot of you voted for President Obama. A lot of you voted for Democrats across the board. Whether you voted out of support for some specific policies, or because you liked his slogans, you need to learn one very valuable lesson from this election. Elections have consequences. You might have thought it would be cool to have a president who looks like you; or a president who is young, has a buff bod, and speaks eloquently when there's a teleprompter in the neighborhood. Maybe you liked his promises to tax the rich. Maybe you believed his promise not to raise taxes on people earning less than a certain amount. Maybe you actually bought into his promise to cut taxes on millions of Americans who actually don't pay income taxes in the first place. Whatever the reason .. your vote had consequences; and here they are.

Bottom line? I'm not taking this hit alone. As soon as the Democrats manage to get their tax increases on the books, I'm going to take steps to make sure that my family isn't affected. When you own the business, that is what you're allowed to do. I built this business over a period of 23 years, and I'm not going to see my family suffer because we have a president and a congress who think that wealth is distributed rather than earned. Any additional taxes, of whatever description, that President Obama and the Democrats inflict on this business will come straight out of any funds I have set aside for expansion or pay and benefit increases. Any plans I might have had to hire additional employees for new stores will be put aside. Any plans for raises for the people I now have working for me will be shelved. Year-end bonuses might well be eliminated. That may sound rough, but that's the reality.

You're going to continue to hear a lot of anti-wealth rhetoric out there from the media and from the left. You can chose to believe what you wish .. .but when it comes to Carrington Automotive you will know the truth. The books are open to any of you at any time. I have nothing to hide. I would hope that other small business owners out there would hold meetings like this one, but I know it won't happen that often. One of the lessons to be learned here is that taxes ... all taxes ... and all regulatory costs that are placed on businesses anywhere in this country, will eventually be passed right on down to individuals; individuals such as yourself. This hasn't been about admonishing anyone and it hasn't been about issuing threats. This is part of the education you should have received in the government schools, but didn't. Class is now dismissed.

Let's eat.

© 2009 Neal Boortz

Politics for Trekies

By Leigh Scott

When Sarah Palin resigned a few weeks ago every blogger with a keyboard chimed in on it. I didn’t want to be late in the game with a Sarah Palin blog, so I put this blog in the old hard drive of justice, right next to my Buffy the Vampire fan fiction and an un-produced screenplay about the Braves leaving Milwaukee.

Then I saw one of my childhood idols, Bill Shatner goofing on Sarah Palin. At last, my geeked out political observation had new relevance! Apple “C.” Apple “V.” Send to Big Hollywood.

We were treated to some really lame comparisons between Obama and Mr. Spock a few months back. Let’s ignore the obvious fact; that Mr. Spock is and always was the #2 guy. The Captain’s chair rightfully belonged to Kirk. Spock lacks the passion and empathy to be a leader. Trying to make a flattering comparison between the leader of the free world and a legendary sidekick seems like a non-starter.

No, let’s focus on the fact that Obama does not follow the Vulcan path. The path of logic. His demeanor may be calm, cool, and unemotional, but his thought process is driven by raw emotion. He represents decades of grievance education, America bashing, and misplaced empathy. There is nothing logical about the man. Exhibit A is the “stimulus plan.”

So with the whole Obama is Spock meme D.O.A. I went searching for another apt Sci-Fi/Politics metaphor. Let’s see, George W. Bush is Luke Skywalker? Cheney is Paul Atredies? Donald Rumsfeld is Optimus Prime? Joe Biden is a Tribble?

Then, as Sarah Palin announced her resignation, it hit me. Sarah Palin is Captain Kirk. Why? Because she just passed the Kobayashi Maru.

For those of you who don’t know what the Kobayashi Maru is, let me explain. In the Star Trek universe it is an unwinnable test. It’s creator, Mr. Spock, designed it to test how Starfleet captains deal with failure and death. There is no right way to successfully navigate through it.

But cadet James Tiberius Kirk found a way to beat it. He rigged the computer simulation to allow him to complete the mission without killing his crew. Starfleet accused him of cheating, but Kirk’s response was simple, eloquent, and very revealing. “I don’t believe in the no-win scenario. I don’t like to lose.” Kirk didn’t change the strategy. He changed the rules.

Since Sarah Palin burst onto the national scene she has been savaged. The media, the Left, the Right, the Middle, you name it. People either love her or hate her. In the media it seems people love to hate her. The “elites” on both sides of the aisle hate the populism she represents. Traditional feminists hate the fact that she has both a family and a career; something that their paradigm teaches is impossible. Her future rivals hate her because she isn’t a typical politician. Her authenticity makes Mike Huckabee look about as real as the Guinea Pigs in “G-Force”.

Palin was faced with her own Kobayashi Maru. How could she effectively govern the state of Alaska while facing ridiculous ethics charges and the scrutiny of the national media? How could she increase her exposure in the lower 48 while staying true to the people in Alaska who elected her? Perhaps if the wingnuts in Alaska didn’t stalk her with silly lawsuits she would have simply put her larger ambitions on the back burner and continued to do her job as governor. But it wasn’t meant to be. She was perfectly set up to fail. Her popularity in Alaska would decline. The national media would point to it as an indicator of her overall effectiveness. The Klingons…I mean the left, would have won.

But Palin defied them. She changed not her strategy, but the very rules. She resigned her position, turning the state over to her loyal Lieutenant Governor to continue the plans and policies she put into motion. Like any good story, it was an unexpected twist, yet when viewed in retrospect it was the only way it could play out.

The notion that a candidate with scant command of policy, who either lacks experience or didn’t complete the duties of their elected position, is doomed to failure doesn’t take into account a little thing I call history. In 2008 this nation elected a President who spent the majority of his Senate term campaigning for his next gig. I only wish he had the class, respect, and decency for and towards his constituents to resign. And while Palin may lack the depth of foreign policy knowledge, that say a Joe Biden has (yes, I just did that cough/laugh thing), she has a damned good grasp of energy policy. According to a lot of folks that energy thing is a big deal. Sarah Palin understands that people should have more freedoms. Government should be small. Taxes should be low. I understand that too. Neither of us has a Doctorate in Economics. I think that’s a good thing.

For all his talk of being different, representing “hope,” and bringing “change” Obama has turned out to be quite the bore. He is the consummate insider, a recycler of old ideas and failed policies. People wanted to beam up to the starship and explore strange new worlds. We wanted to boldly go where no man (or woman) has gone before. Obama is in the wrong franchise. He and crazy Doc Brown, I mean Joe Biden, gassed up the DeLorean and took us back in time. To 1976.



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Palin passed the Kobayashi Maru. She is qualified to command the ship. She has all the qualities we want in a captain; valor, principals, vision and most of all, the ability to change the rules.

Will Palin be a candidate in 2012? Will she run for Senate? Will she be a third party spoiler? Who knows? Maybe she should just enjoy the spoils that are the dividends of her hard work. People get paid millions of bucks because their coffee at McDonald’s is too hot, I think she’s entitled to a book deal and a TV show after having her entire family slandered by a bunch of elitist vampires. But something tells me she won’t just become the “White Oprah.” People like Kirk and Palin don’t retreat. They have an innate craving for responsibility and adventure as well as a desire to help their fellow man.

Go ahead. Write her off. Make a joke out of her. Be my guest. But that would be about as smart as marooning Captain Kirk on Seti Alpha V.

We all know how well that worked out for Khan don’t we?

Ferengi Rules of Acquisition 5

5. If you can't break a contract, bend it

Ferengi Rules of Acquisition 4

A woman wearing clothes is like a man in the kitchen.

Ferengi Rules of Acquisition 3

3. Never pay more for an acquisition than you have to.

Ferengi Rules of Acquisition 2

2. You can't cheat an honest customer, but it never hurts to try.

think about it

Over the last week I have been reading this book Science of getting rich. And it reminder me of a deep space nine episode called “Treatchery, Faith and The Great River” both have the same idea that the best way to get rich is helping others along the way. In addition to helping other you should think and do thing to service the greater good. With this kind of actions, you will not only become rich but you can make other rich as well.

Ferengi Rules of Acquisition 1

Ferengi Rules
of
Acquisition

1. Once you have their money, you never give it back.

recycle

recycle


One thing that I seen star trek dose real well is recycle. i have watched star trek for years I have seen most of the over 700 episodes and all 10 movies and one thing I have seen is that the writer love to reuse the scrip. I have seen the plot line of the enterprise fly in to a larger cloud only to find out that it a life form then they need to fix the life form and fly out in not just one of the star trek series but it has been use in all seven. I guess if it works then it works. So try it recycle.

Ferengi stages of acquisition

Ferengi stages of acquisition
Infatuation,“ I want it.”
Justifiation, “I must have it.”
Appropriation, “it’s mine at last!”
Obsession, “precious!”
Resale, “ make me an offer.”

In star trek the Ferengi are seen as the villain because they want to acquire things. But I ask how different are they from all of us? I don’t think there I one person out there has not found themselves in any one of these stages. I think we go thought all of these stages on a daily bases we do for all the things we have in our lives. Everything from our jobs to house to partners we ask these questions. I think it just a fact of life is it wrong? No it just the way things are. So have fun acquire stuff.

Don’t forget

Don’t forget

“Remember me” this episode It is star date 44162.2 and the year 2367 dr. Crusher greets one of her oldest friend to the enterprise. As they are walking to his quarters he tells her about how all those around him are pass away as old people do and that he has loss a lot of his friends. Afterword Dr. Crusher go to visit Wesley in engineering. At the time Wesley is working on creating a static warp bubble even thought the experiment appeal to fail. It causes Dr. Cusher to be in a universe that reacts to her thought and ideas. The only ways for her to get back to her own space is to believe that she can. I think that this is an importance idea for all of us is that we all live in a world that is made up by what we believe to be true and that we have the power to change our world for both the better and the worst. So know you can think yourself a good day all you need to do is believe.

it hot

it was a long hot day so i have no new post today

Ferengi

Ferengi
The Federation first learns of The Ferengi (pronounced [fɛ'rɛŋgi]) in earth year 2151. We first hear about then, in the 1st episode of Star Trek Next Generation “encounter at far point”. Then we see in the 4th episode of star trek next generation “The Last Out Post”. The write of star trek thought that the Ferengi would become the new villain take the place of the Klingons, who they made peace with and the Romulans at first they seen real primitive and tribal not capable to have space flight. However as the Star Trek series continued and the spin off came the Ferengi thought many up grades. Also at first they are just simple traders, later they become more like businessman. However even thought star trek say many times that money is not used any more and we on earth had gone beyond the need for money. But I think that money well always be import. Even thought we would like to think we could do without it or want to just do away with money. Having all people work for the greater good. The trouble is that there are always people that want to be able to live off the hard work of others. If aloud would have everyone else work for them and would willingly take what then want without feeling the need to contracting to there world. I think the Ferengi are heroes. They still understand that you are responsible for themselves and that money and capitalism at it purest form is the best way to end poverty. The more rule and restriction you put on it the less it work and the few people you sever. Capitalism can both push the wheels of technology and increase the standard of living for all. In fact by the time Deep Space Nine comes along the Ferengi are running bars and have the most advanced holodecks. They have the first contact in the Gamma Quadrant and contribute to both the economy and charity of the Bajorans

What’s the is family for?

What’s the is family for






The episode family is the 3rd episode of the 4th season of star trek next generation. It air on October 1 1990 and was the 76 episode of next generation the star date is 44012.3 in the earth year of 2367.
In the next generation star trek episode family we see the crew returning to earth, after they encounter The Borg in battle captain Picard return to his family vineyard in France. Worf is visited by his family on the enterprise. Doctor Crusher go to take time to go through her late husband stuff. The episode show us that as odd as we feel about our family the can be there for us, even if we don’t want them to be. And we should be grateful and understand they love us even in the bad times. They want the best for us and well be there even if time are hard. Sometime they don’t or can't understand what go on they want to be there for us.

dont give too much

In Charlie X, which is the 2nd episode to be air in June of 1967, we see a boy who been given god like power by the Thasians so that he well be able to live. But, Charlie does not understand what to do with them, his power or himself. And, because of this he could never really leave the planet where he was found. Because the Thasians that raised him do not have a physical form he long for the touch of others, but because he have not learn to control himself, and has not learned how to live my others, he will never be able to live with others who have physical form. So remember when you give a gift do not give more then can the handle person becuse it may not be a gift at all.

Charlie X




Charlie X u tube

my other blog

i run more then one blog so for all thoses looking for my gardening blog
it is
http://melissaweers.blogspot.com/
i love talking about star trek and gardening

In best of both world part2 we see the crew put together and go to rescued captain Picard they work together the get Picard back once they get him back to the enterprise he is still part Borg they decides to use this connation to the Borg as a way to defeat the Borg. We see with this that one you should not give up Picard keep fight for his freedom the 2nd is some time the simplest solution is the most times the best “sleep”.

Today I watch best of both world part 1 and the lesson that it show us in it it that some time the hardest thing to do is the best thing to do. number one most make the destion to frie on the borg ship in order to stop then from coming but in doing so he may kill the captin and in fact in an atler realtive we find out later he does
parallels
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallels_(TNG_episode)





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two finger greeting

live long and prosper
Spock's split-finger "Live long and prosper" salute references a sacred hand position used by the ancient Jewish priestly class. what a great greeting. we should alll look for way to greet each other in such a postive menner if we did the world would be a better place


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_salute

Never tell them all you can really do

It seem the Scotty would always tells Kirk Captain, that he well get it done but he would give himself it three time as much time as he thought it would take, to get anything done. This way he, one was always done on time, and it made him seem faster then he real was. We should all try this it better to work on something relaxed. We would be happy we each other you can never do a good job when you are hushed, and we would look good as well. So give yourself the time you need to get it done.

watch then again

star trek show rerun again and again so make sure you do the same if it work try it again

what would star trek do?

just ask yourself this. what come to mind? i hope to expore just that.