To create a business, let alone a
successful one, involves a lot of people.
Not all of these people, however, are interested in making your company
succeed. In fact, it is the “job” of
many of these people to make it as hard as possible for you. Assuming we are not talking about a business
that has insider deals with a congressman, or the owner isn’t a huge donor to
the president…this is what a business owner goes through.
Loan. In order to start any business, you must have
a brilliant idea that is either new, or improves upon what is already at the
marketplace. This is a given, as we
already have businesses in the world…what is special about yours? Then you have to have money to make this
happen. Capital…or the money it takes to
start the business, comes from a bank loan (usually). A loan, in its simplest form, is risk. You put up collateral, and you take your
shot. There is nobody in the world who
is going to just give you money for nothing.
So you want to start up a company…have an idea, a plan, experience or
expertise, and then you have to risk something.
That…believe it or not, was the easy part.
Build. Now you need to build your company. You need raw material in the form of a
building, which takes a contractor, consultant, budgeting and all of this
revolves around the image you have for your company. Are you a distributor of product, a
manufacturer? Both? This all has costs associated. Thank god you got that loan. Assuming nothing went over budget
(hahahahaha, some of you know how funny that is)…you have an empty building ready
to go. Now just turn on gas, water,
electric, phones, internet, heat/a.c., etc.
Couldn’t be simpler.
Open. To open, you need inventory, logistics
(trucks, drivers, boxes, etc), computers, sales staff, warehouse staff,
accounts receivable, accounts payable,
customers. This is where the
rubber meets the road. Did you hire the
cheapest salesmen? Are they go-getters
if they make $8/hr? Do you have to
motivate them daily? Commission? Labor is expensive if you want more than
uneducated illiterate seat fillers…not to mention health insurance, worker’s
comp, 401K, Social Security, unemployment…yeah, now we’re talking BIG
MONEY. All just to get the place going,
you haven’t cleared dollar #1 yet.
Operations. Maintenance of facility, vehicles, computers/internet
site, inventory rotation and damages, Quality control, collecting on slow
paying customers. Are you kidding me,
what happened to America being the land of opportunity…my loan is almost all
used up. Now I am going to show you why
companies fail, and frequently. We are
going to add the “others” who are here to take credit for your success…even
though you haven’t “made it” yet.
Government Regulations. Now that you are up and running, and raking
in the money with your “can’t miss” business idea…we need to go over things
like: Employee regulations regarding overtime, sexual harassment, posting of
labor regulations etc. Building permits,
city state and federal permits, Trucking permits, safety inspections,
insurances, water/EPA requirements, Storage regulations and permits, Hazard and
Critical Control Point regulations, Banking regulations, Collection of debt
regulations, FDA regulations, Dept. of Homeland Security and terrorism
forms/regulations, USDA/USDC regulations, Customs Dept forms/regulations on
importing, Immigration rules/regulations, IRS rules/regs, Weights and Measures
regulations…WTF. How much does this cost
to maintain?
Profit. IF you have anything left, now you can pay
your greedy corporate raider self. You
greedy S.O.B., I can’t believe you make what you make. Capitalism sure is easy, isn’t it. Sheesh.
Hey Elisabeth Warren, thanks for “You can keep a big hunk of what’s
left.”…I appreciate ALL YOU DID TO HELP.
That is one
route to success. It isn’t easy, but it
is still actually doable. Let’s examine
a little bit deeper into what helped YOU get to where you are.
“You didn’t build that, you used
roads, bridges…blah blah”…ok, I did use roads and bridges, but the taxes and
fees and everything else I have gone through has paid WAY MORE THAN MY
SHARE. I mean, come on…there are
millions of people using roads and bridges in this country who pay NO
TAXES. NONE, not corporate, not
income…hell, they use all of this I provide and they don’t kick in one
cent. How is that fair? Tell me, after my thousands of hours and tax
dollars, am I not entitled to use the roads I helped pay for…more so than the
freeloader? And what about those who
built the roads…was that slave labor?
NO, they were paid for their work…and since it was a gov’t job, they
probably got WAY more than it actually would have cost…so there really is
nobody in debt for this, we paid…work was done…now you want to talk about who
is using the roads to provide goods and services, vs who is just using it
without providing anything. Yeah, I
thought you wouldn’t.
If the collective built
infrastructure, and we all chipped in…except for tax cheats and those who fall
below what the government deems rich enough to pay taxes, then why are we
trying to separate the businesses from the collective? Why aren’t we kissing their asses for being
more productive, and paying more into the kitty? What we should be doing is lamenting those
who avoid taxes. Geitner? You owe taxes…how dare you screw the
collective society. Charlie Rangell…how
dare you? John Kerry…you park your yacht
in a state that doesn’t tax you, but you live and legislate in a place that
does tax yachts. That is beyond
gross…it’s a good thing you are such a big businessman…wait, you aren’t, you
married the daughter of Heinz. You
should be ashamed of yourself. Talk
about hypocrites.
So, I didn’t do this on my own? Well, without me and those like me, what
roads would you be driving to pick up your welfare checks…or if they are mailed
to you, who do you think supports the USPS, as well as the food stamps and
welfare? Not the tax cheats in congress,
not the poor, and not the average family of 4 making $42k/year…because
statistically after the earned income tax credit and marriage/children credit,
they don’t contribute much to the government.
How about next time you want to take credit for a business that has
succeeded, you take a nice long look at what it takes to make it in this country,
and then ask YOURSELF why YOU haven’t made the effort to add to this country…it
was a democrat that once said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but
what you can do for your country.”…I think you ought to start thinking along
the lines of, “What can I do to support my local business, instead of what can
they do to support me.” And the next
time you think about the Stimulus packages that were supposed to repair roads
and bridges, look at all the bankrupt solar companies and offshore GE, GM and
other crony capitalist crooks who got that money and are telling you that we
need more money.
Speaking of cronyism, who asked the
government to bail out these companies who were supposedly in business like all
of us? Why did their failing model
deserve our money? Who made that
decision for US, and why are they still in office? Success is not the start of a company, like I
said, that is the easy part. Success is
how you deal with failure, and we seem to throw money at failure, instead of
letting it hurt, in order to teach a lesson and fix a problem. I am not asking for help, I am asking for
those who cheat, those who fail, and those who are not running their business
properly to be left to the same fate that I would have if I did the same. Nobody is handing me money just for
trying. I don’t want a handout, but
every once in a while, just say thanks to the people who make America different
than North Korea and other famous nations with roads, bridges and no
success. America didn’t make people
great, great people make America. Don’t
forget it.
-REV
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