Comments on: The High Price Of A Free Lunch http://www.tecoris.com/index.php/2008/12/01/the-high-price-of-a-free-lunch/ Illuminating The Path To Success For Small Businesses Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:22:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jared Rawlings http://www.tecoris.com/index.php/2008/12/01/the-high-price-of-a-free-lunch/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Jared Rawlings Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:02:00 +0000 http://www.tecoris.com/?p=360#comment-54 I come away from the above post with 2 strong feelings. The first being a feeling of remorse for any type of "handout" or "free ride" I may have wished for in my life. The second, an even stronger feeling, of recommitment!! Recommitment to building myself, my family, my eduction, my business, with my own 2 hands and the help of those willing. One thing we can be sure to count on in life (for the good and bad) will be the consequences of our actions. May we (me, you, us) strive to work for the postive consequences that come from our personal hard work and dedication. I come away from the above post with 2 strong feelings. The first being a feeling of remorse for any type of “handout” or “free ride” I may have wished for in my life. The second, an even stronger feeling, of recommitment!! Recommitment to building myself, my family, my eduction, my business, with my own 2 hands and the help of those willing. One thing we can be sure to count on in life (for the good and bad) will be the consequences of our actions. May we (me, you, us) strive to work for the postive consequences that come from our personal hard work and dedication.

]]> By: Chad Ahearn http://www.tecoris.com/index.php/2008/12/01/the-high-price-of-a-free-lunch/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Chad Ahearn Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:32:25 +0000 http://www.tecoris.com/?p=360#comment-39 It is absolutely amazing to me how many people are on their knees looking to for a handout. Everyone is crying wolf. Banks took huge risks, knew it, messed up, and are now looking for a handout and why?!? They took a risk. They messed up. I know people who want to be saved from their mortgage, but they want to keep their BMWs. American car companies are looking for help. How about taking care of the unions, pension plans, selling the fleet of corporate jets and then come back to the soup kitchen. One more thing, we have an incredible system of checks and balances. We have a 4th system that is supposed to bring information to the public: the media. They are, or should be considered, almost as important as the three branches because they help the people understand what is going on with the three branches. But . . . the media are ran by companies, you know . . . the old idea of profit and loss. Media is paid by how many advertisers they get which is based on how many readers or subscribers they have which is based on the quality of the presentation. My problem is the following . . . good news doesn't get read as often as news that 'the world is falling apart and here's what you need to do save your family' type of news. But if the valuation of our economy is based on the public's opinion of future profitability, there is a serious problem. The product is . . . something like this article: http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/26/news/economy/where_bailout_stands/index.htm The article's heading could scare anyone, but as the article goes on, you realize . . . that things aren't as bad as they would like you to think. CA\\ It is absolutely amazing to me how many people are on their knees looking to for a handout. Everyone is crying wolf. Banks took huge risks, knew it, messed up, and are now looking for a handout and why?!? They took a risk. They messed up. I know people who want to be saved from their mortgage, but they want to keep their BMWs. American car companies are looking for help. How about taking care of the unions, pension plans, selling the fleet of corporate jets and then come back to the soup kitchen.

One more thing, we have an incredible system of checks and balances. We have a 4th system that is supposed to bring information to the public: the media. They are, or should be considered, almost as important as the three branches because they help the people understand what is going on with the three branches. But . . . the media are ran by companies, you know . . . the old idea of profit and loss. Media is paid by how many advertisers they get which is based on how many readers or subscribers they have which is based on the quality of the presentation. My problem is the following . . . good news doesn’t get read as often as news that ‘the world is falling apart and here’s what you need to do save your family’ type of news. But if the valuation of our economy is based on the public’s opinion of future profitability, there is a serious problem.

The product is . . . something like this article:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/26/news/economy/where_bailout_stands/index.htm

The article’s heading could scare anyone, but as the article goes on, you realize . . . that things aren’t as bad as they would like you to think.

CA\\

]]> By: Brian http://www.tecoris.com/index.php/2008/12/01/the-high-price-of-a-free-lunch/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Brian Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:05:09 +0000 http://www.tecoris.com/?p=360#comment-38 I thought this was very well written. It drives me nuts when people say that we should not give kids grades in schools, or give trophies to only the winners in sporting events, that there should not be winners or losers but everyone should be equal. I used to be able to say that was not the way the real world worked and kids needed to learn to deal with defeat and work to achieve their goals. It appears that is no longer the case. It is sad to see how much our country has moved towards socialism from what it used to be. I thought this was very well written. It drives me nuts when people say that we should not give kids grades in schools, or give trophies to only the winners in sporting events, that there should not be winners or losers but everyone should be equal. I used to be able to say that was not the way the real world worked and kids needed to learn to deal with defeat and work to achieve their goals. It appears that is no longer the case. It is sad to see how much our country has moved towards socialism from what it used to be.

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