water rant

[Grampa]

it takes a while to sink in.... but your life will be better when you give more than you get.

i have a tendency to distrust anybody past the age of 40 who has not figured that out yet.

we as humans, are made up of mostly water..... remember that. (hopefully it wall all make sense in the end)


pretend you are an empty glass. now pretend water is money.

you... have to give of your self in order to be  be filled.

give and take.

now.... you get married. two glasses.
you have kids.... more glasses.

logic, and the natural order of things states... that you as parents give of yourselves to fill the kids empty glasses.  more water is needed to keep things going. food, shelter, clothing...that stuff costs money (water)
those needs are filled by giving your water to somebody else. (a transfer of fluids if you will)

the water does not disappear, its just been transferred.



back to the family.  kids think think water grows on trees, when its actually quite the opposite, water is used to grow the trees. kids get, without giving. mom and dad fill them up and all is right in their world.
a happy family gives of itself.... giving of itself, and giving back in return. in a perfect world, that's all that's needed. but things ain't perfect. so the family looks to outside sources to keep going.

the same thing happens in business

and communities

and cities

and states

and countries


i worked for a man who thought that charging  one part of the company money to keep another part of the company busy, was progress and growth.  they are all working, so it must be good.
no..... it's just water being poured from one glass to another, and see'n how the business needs help from outside itself, like electricity, police protection, etc etc..... you are also having to fill the glasses of others..... leaks if you will. 

unless you provide a product or service that somebody outside your family/business/community/city/state/country is willing to pay you for....... you are just wasting your time transferring fluids.

the fail process is quick when it's just the family.... a lil slower to fail when it the community... even slower as a city....slower still as a state..... and slower still as a country.  but fail they will.

economic stimulus packages are failure in the form of a check. it's just fancy fluid transfer.

mom and dad succeed when they provide products and services to other outside the family.

communities succeed when they provide products and service outsides their boundary's.

cities succeed when they provide products and services to other cities

states succeed when they provide products and services to other states

countries succeed when they provide products and services outside their borders.

anything less that that is fluid transfer and a slow death.

creating jobs that....
build roads....fluid transfer
highspeed rail...fluid transfer
etc etc etc..... fluid transfer

unless..... it brings fluid/money in from outside the border.  (remember...california taking water from nevada may benefit california, but to those from neveda, its just a big leak..... same a kid thinking he's rich because mom gave him 5 bucks, no, now moms 5 bucks lighter, and the families fluid level has  stayed the same) growth and success only happens when it is earned from outside the border.


the water/money never dissapears... it just goes somewhere else.

everybody is thirsty.... some people work for the drink, some people sit and wait to be given a glass..... and as amazing as it may sound, some people take thier glass and pour it out on the ground.

i write this rant because i'm pissed.

i dropped out of high school my sophmore year. i didnt get a GED till I was 28. i... am not that smart

we have the greatest minds in all the land working on fixing the current economic crisis, and not once have I heard anybody mention products and services to be sold outside our borders.
just more fluid transfer.



I need  a beer ( made in part..by water) 

[Popeye the Sailor]

Thanks. I need to pee now.

[lethe]

Thanks. I need to pee now.

Collect it in a cup for later purchases otherwise it's just a leak.

[Grampa]

Collect it in a cup for later purchases otherwise it's just a leak.

yup

[lethe]

yup

Saving the economy, one urinal at a time. 

[Grampa]

Saving the economy, one urinal at a time. 

just make sure to stand one urinal down

[Popeye the Sailor]

just make sure to stand one urinal down

Don't look at me.

[Oldfisti]

You made me miss!

[Grampa]

seriously.... without turning this political...has anybody heard anybody talking about bringing money in from outside the borders?

[lethe]

seriously.... without turning this political...has anybody heard anybody talking about bringing money in from outside the borders?

That would involve swinging the country back more towards being producers rather than managers.

This is not meant as a political statement but more so a comment on social consciousness and where parents are pushing their kids towards in terms of careers.

[Oldfisti]

I've heard nothing.

[herm]

we do need to swing back towards being producers. but that takes time.
and the businesses need to bring the jobs back for it to happen too...

[Popeye the Sailor]

seriously.... without turning this political...has anybody heard anybody talking about bringing money in from outside the borders?

90% of the money my company brings in is from outside the country. a couple billion a year. Not much else I can do  

[Grampa]

exactly..... nobody is talking about producing what the world wants..... only about shuffling money within the borders.

zero growth and a slow painfull death.

[Grampa]

90% of the money my company brings in is from outside the country. a couple billion a year. Not much else I can do  

thats great...... but what else is out there thats exported?

there seems to be no ballance in import and export...it's all about take and very little about sell.