Making the rounds...

(photo from ljholloway photography)

This statement is making the rounds on the Interwebs. You may agree or disagree; you have that right.

I am posting this not so much to agree or disagree, but to make a point. It's about making a living. It's about "no free lunch." Basic economics. Opportunity costs. It's about "freedom is not free." It's about "value." Competition. It's about business.

When you decide you desire something, you put a price on it, a value. Likewise, when you work and produce something, you expect to be fairly compensated for the effort, a value. So, before you complain about how much something costs, and that you can get it somewhere cheaper, consider what you are getting. If you still think you can get a better deal elsewhere, fine. Go for it. Just remember, you get what you pay for.

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Welcome to our Chicken Farm...

This is where our State's elected leadership resides, argues, postures, and occasionally get something done. With the current economic environment, they no longer have any where to hide. Unless we, the voter, let them.

Voters of Hawaii, watch and remember. Participate in the process, make your voices heard and, ultimately, vote accordingly. Everything these bobbing chicken head people do is to curry favor for your vote. Our voter apathy works in their favor; fewer people to please.

Will the axeman cometh?

Waiting for the big budget axe to fall, and us little people have no idea where. Frozen into a no-buy mode until I know I will still have a job in the near-future. In a time when the economy needs people to spend, this is stupid.

Looking for money...

Ah, the State of the State, and it's doom and gloom. Rather short of money, warm-bodies vs. programs, we swim or sink together, blah-blah, rah-rah.

I think they've stolen all the monies they can, and have squeezed more from where they can... time to cut. It is not going to be pretty.