Glen these folks that are arguing with you cannot understand the concept that there REALLY is an end to THE MONEY! Once you have been in buisiness for yourself and see things as they REALLY are then you GET It! I am blown away at the stupidity in this world. THe idiocy I see P.H.D.'s do on a daily basis blows me AWAY!
Please don't get me wrong folks I am not ragging on the educated they are Way smarter than me!
Its just so easy to fall for the rediculous argument that the HAND THAT IS FEEDING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY is the BAD GUY! That hand is paying you YOUR PAYCHECK! My Ole man didn't teach me much he took off for his own success but one thing he did teach me is "if you agree to work for a man for $2.00 an hour you give him the best $2.00 an hour you can" What he meant is that if you don't like the pay don't burn your bridges. You DO have the right to leave and find another job that will pay you want YOU THINK YOU ARE WORTH!
You folks on here are good people thats why I keep coming to this site. We are AMERICANS connected to a passion (music) just the same, we are living in the moment WE ARE SENTIENT BEINGS just trying to make the best of the hand that we WE ARE DEALT! I believe ALL of our political SO CALLED LEADERS HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDA and that is to get re-elected. Personally my agenda is to support my family, hook up with the best musicians I can, and thank GOD I am alive and SOMEWHAT FREE! I am for smaller Government I think Marajuana should be de-crimilized I want Lower taxes across the board. I don't think the people I agree to work for are necessarly Evil after all they are just trying to survive. Having been the owner of a small buisiness I UNDERSTAND!
Here is one example. Having had a construction buisiness my eledest son worked for me, He saw how much money I was funneling thru the buisiness account. Being a young fellow all he saw was $ and not taking into consideration I had to pay the insurance, rent on the shop, phone bills, advertising to get us the work ($2000.00 a month just for adds) and all the rest of the b.s. he started thinking he wasn't making enough. While barely able to make anything, on paper it looked awesome! Anyhow I was so busy and stressed trying to live up to what I had told people I would do I didn't have time to figure the materials for a particular job so I conpared it to a job I had done recently (what a mistake that was) Anyway I got into the job and not only did I get to work for 5 days for free it cost me over a $1000.00 to complete the job. Into the first day I could see this coming and my son said dad just walk away from it. I told him NO WAY I am going to do exactly what is in this contract because without your reputation in this life you are nothing! I completed that job and on payday my son said Dad just pay me half I said HELL NO we have an agreement I am paying you everything I said I would.
When I handed him his check I didn't let go at first LMAO! I said NOW I don't want to hear you bitch next time I make $2000.00 in a day because TRUST ME it doesn't happen often enough.
That is just the way it is with small buisinesses out there folks. It may seem all peaches and cream from your perspective showing up late for work having your boss clean up your mess and pay for your mistakes. Don't EVER forget for one MINUTE that the owner of your company is the one taking the risk. He or SHE is not making as much as you think they are trust me! So when you get in your car and drive home at night with your check remember the owner of YOUR company GAVE YOU A JOB! This is what is wrong with this country folks. There IS NO HONOR anymore. We are the ME generation we want what we want and don't CARE How we get it.
Just remember that the owner of your COMPANY has takin the RISK and sacrificed much to get where he is and he did GIVE you a job! If you don't like it YOU ARE FREE TO GO LOOK FOR ANOTHER! Or better yet you can start your own BIZ!
