"What Have You Done For Me Lately?"

“When small businesses do well, communities flourish and our economy grows.”  This was the sentiment echoed by President Obama on Saturday November 19^th, 2011, as he celebrated along with business leaders, lawmakers, and shoppers across the country, Small Business Saturday (http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/georgia-businessman-refuses-to-hire-until-obama-is-fired/). This initiative encouraged people to buy only from local, small businesses for a day. This even included the small business owner that has so viciously attacked the people that made this effort possible for his business to grow.

Bill Looman, owner of U.S. LLC, said he is fed up with the bad economy and D.C. politicians who do nothing to solve the problem and is refusing to hire any new workers until President Obama is removed from office. Mr. Looman posted on his websites as well as his trucks this message to the American people “ New Company Policy: We Are Not Hiring Until Obama Is Gone.”

What I think is so perplexing about this entire situation is the audacity of some individuals. Ninety-five percent of them do not start out writing their Congressmen to complain about the financial state in which they are finding their communities, but yet have this compulsive nature to take their complaints to the extreme right away. These same business owners MIGHT vote during election, but almost never vote in the primaries, and they never get involved with community action programs (that could very well spark some kind of economic fluctuation to their communities and ultimately to their businesses). As I read this news article, I was sure there would be some information on what positive action steps Mr. Looman had put into place, what community leaders he had spoken to, or what types of programs he had contributed his time to in order to keep his company, his community, and or his customers from shutting their doors. But there was nothing! All Mr. Looman has done is complain, just like the majority of us. We are so sick and tired of what is going on in Washington, but yet we do NOTHING except elect the exact same lying officials to represent us all the while never holding them accountable for their mistakes, for their empty promises, for our communities that continue to decline, or our jobs that are constantly being taking away and sent either oversees or to the that young kid (willing to take a little less than the current salary in place) with the highest degree.

Our United States Gov’t is like a pyramid that doesn’t trickle from the top down, but from the bottom up and for those individuals who constantly spew the importance of expressing their Amendment Rights, should first understand that they are the ones holding the pyramid up. The buck stops at “We the People.” We have the power to change every problem that is causing concern, dishonesty, and mayhem within our political arena. This power starts by looking, studying, and contacting who is representing your state. We then make decisions based on what that individual has truly done for our communities, schools, and neighborhoods. Do they truly deserve to represent us? Can they truthfully represent us? We decide who becomes the mayor, the governor, and our representatives in Congress, and we must make good choices, because it is that choice that decides our President. So don’t get pissed with the work your President is doing, get pissed at the work your Congressman is doing. Mr. Looman is clearly an angry man who needs to direct his anger into action. If he is so upset, why not run to represent his community? We all know he will not, because it is easier to keep complaining than to really take a stand and do something about the destruction.