Open Letter to "SO CALLED JOB CREATORS"

Dear "So Called Job Creators", lets set one thing straight on how you got to be so big and have the life style you do!

You have vilified the education in the USA. One thing is true. There are more Public Education teachers in the USA then Private. Before you got your start you received an education via some form wither public or private. Those teachers were taught by someone. they too go there education form either the same source. It is a domino effect. Stop the assault on the teachers. almost every family in the USA has someone in the education system at various levels.

Furthermore the following is true!
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If it was not for the Unionized Construction Workers trained and educated you would not have the roads, bridges, electric, plumbing, and the office painted. As these professionals are highly skilled, trained, educated in the current building codes of there trades to build the building that you are currently manufacturing your products out of. Then they are transported on roads and bridges constructed by highly skilled unionized construction workers that know how to pour, finish concrete and set structural steel as they too have been educated in the building codes.
Your business in protected by Unionized Fire, Police and or EMS workers who do not know anything about you, your workers.....they only care about the well being of your, your family and co-workers. These professionals (Police, Fire, EMS) they too are highly skilled workers that have dedicated many hours of training and schooling to maintain a high level of education to make sure your business is safe and meets all the building codes too Wait you say that your business could be covered by volunteer firefighters......why yes, this too is true. But lets not to forget that these dedicated professionals too have to pay for education, training and related expenses out of there pockets. So by you shipping their jobs over seas they do not have the disposable income to maintain the training that they need. The fire dept does not have money to buy diesel fuel to put in the fire trucks. So the fire depts close, your fire insurance goes thru the roof.

And you blame your condition on this group of workers. The ones that have dedicated their life to helping you excel. You live a high life and pull the rug out from under them. You tell them that you need them to take cuts in pay and benefits. They do to make sure they have a job and you keep your business. But you repay them by closing the business sending jobs overseas and say its the UNIONS that caused you to go out of business. We call it a scam. Scamming us workers out of our money that you stated you would reinstate as well as insurance. And you wonder why the bond of trust has been broken and your workers do not want to talk too you, put any trust in you and does not want to even see you.

lets get one last thing clear. By no means does a non union worker know the same regulations, building codes, plumbing codes, electrical codes, NFPA Regulations, Life Safety Codes, NFPA 10 as a union worker does on any skilled trades. They put in many hours at night school to maintain a working knowledge of these codes to ensure that you have a safe home, business and your family is safe and sound while your in CHINA selling our jobs. These are the facts. But you are so deep in the smell of lies spewed from the talking puppets on the various forms of media.

You are not an American. As far as we are concerned you can move you & your family to CHINA so you are closer to your factory and your cheap child labor. Do not import your crap as we do not want it! You are now classified as UNAMERICAN

A Penny can save your life? Really it can!

The American Penny; we use it everyday to help pay for things. Most of use remember buying a piece of candy for a penny. But it was a very nice older man that had an auto repair shop near my home. I learned many things from him regarding auto repairs. I went to his church several time. had classes with his daughter and son in school.

One day he asked me if I thought a Penny could save a life. I was about 13 years old. I replied "I have no idea.....maybe not." He showed me that it was a real penny and placed the penny in a car tire. He told me that the penny told him that the car tire tread depth was a critical depth and needed to be replaced. I asked him to show me further. As I was young and so was my mind. I needed to gain as much knowledge as possible regarding this "TRICK"

Your car tires are manufactured by a company and there is a tread depth to each one. Most tires are manufactured with a tread depth around 8/32 to 10/32 tread depth. Most of use driving do not even know that info just they look at the tread and think......:it looks like they might be getting thin and might need new tires.

So when you go to the tire shop you ask for them to balance and rotate your tires. If the repair shop is a good shop the tech's will tell you your tire tread depth and about when they might need replacing. They should record the tread depth on your paper work and explain what can go wrong if they exceed a minimum tread depth. Manufactures will have a minimum depth before failure.

I stated that when you buy a new tire it can have between 8/32 to 10/32 tread depth. This will depend on the mileage of the tires you are buying. The higher mileage will have more tread depth......lower mileage tires will have less tread depth.

Now to the Penny and how it can save your life!

The Penny. You know what it is and what its used for but there is another use for this one cent piece. You can use it to check your tire tread depth.

>  Insert the Penny in the tire tread with President Lincoln heads upside down.
>  If you see his hole head and nothing is obstructed by the tire tread then you are below a minimum standard set forth by the FHSA (Federal Highway Safety Administration) of 2/32 tread depth.
>  If you cannot see the top of his head and at the point of the ear to top of the head is not shown by the tread depth you have between 2/32 and 4/32 seconds of tread depth.

You need to check the tires for the following > bald spots missing tread, steel belts showing these are early signs of tire failure. If these are on the steer tire and failure happens it can cause an accident. If you have a tire fail on you while you are driving not only will it cause an accident but it will cause major damage to your car.

By using a penny and inserting it upside down with the head inserted into the tread depth and seeing the top of President Lincoln head you are below a minimum of 2/32 tread depth and the tires need to be replaced. Always have the tire properly inflated to the pressure on the tire. Some will want to do what the vehicle says. But you are not buying the same tire that it was transported from the factory with.

I hope you can take from this that a penny is not a useless piece of money.

Good rule of thumb > > no less then 6/32 tread depth on the steer tires, 4/32 on the drive. DO NOT use when the tires are at 2/32 or blow. Tire failure is lurking around the corner. It may happen at the wrong time and place (raining, snowing, fog or side of mountain.)

Finally a small note > when you buy tire make sure that the tire sidewalls are not closed. You need the tire to be able to expel water, snow/sleet & freezing rain from the center groves to prevent HYDROPLANING!

I hope you have learned how a penny can save your life and vehicle repairs/maintenance.

Be safe,

Roy

Safety, why is this topic a cost cutting measure to save moeny?

Safety. What does it mean? Why are we told about this topic if the boss and owner does not want to spend money to increase SAFETY AWARENESS PROGRAMS?

Yes, it may save you money on the front end but lets look at the long term effect of the issue.

If you have a safety issue it is more cost effective to CORRECT the PROBLEMS when first noticed then wait till you have to fix it. So why when an employer is told about a condition that can cause injury or death they do not want to correct the problems?

What is SAFETY:

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sa=N&rlz=1W1ACEW_enUS360US360&q=safety&tbs=dfn:1&tbo=u&ei=yB7oTbgFh_jSAaWe6J4B&ved=0CE4QkQ4&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=2a9ecbf29d91d2ce&biw=1366&bih=540ct

Since we are born we are told about being safe. To wear our seat belts, wear a helmet when riding a bike, motorcycle's. Not to dive in shallow waters. The list is long. I am sure you could list more.

SAFETY! Is it really a cost saving factor?

Safety, why do we compel ourselves to worry about this topic? Why do business owners and operators cut the budget of this topic and think in the long run it will save them BIG MONEY?

Yes, it may save you money on the front end but lets look at the long term effect of the issue.

> Increase cost of Worker Compensation Insurance
> Possible OSHA Fines
> Increase in insurance cost
> Long term medical and rehab care
The list is endless on this topic. I am sure that you can list several more that I have not listed.

If you have a safety issue it is more cost effective to CORRECT the PROBLEMS when first noticed then wait till you have to fix it. So why; when an employer is told about a condition that can cause injury or death they do not want to correct the problem?

Safety, why do we compel ourselves to worry about this topic? Why do business owners and operators cut the budget of this topic and think in the long run it will save them BIG MONEY?
(Please post a comment about this. I am curious to hear what the readers have to say.)
If you have a safety issue it is more cost effective to CORRECT the PROBLEMS when first noticed then wait till you have to fix it. So why when an employer is told about a condition that can cause injury or death they do not want to 


So why are more business owners and operators reducing the spending on SAFETY?

The Bridges DO NEED REBUILT, PROOF IS IN THE PICTURES!

YIKES, the bridges are falling apart!

Yes, its true that we need our roads and bridges to be rebuilt. Have you seen them lately?

Yes it is true our roads and bridges are in disrepair? They are crumbling! I am a commercial motor vehicle operator full time so I see the roads and bridges in a better light then those in DC sitting upon their high throne. They dictate to us as to what we need to spend our money on and what not to spend money on for the federal government. You have heard the rant out of there mouths > TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH, TAX CUT FOR BIG OIL, BIG PHARMA, BIG BUSINESS. 

When in reality these businesses, as well as the CEO's, CFO's, Presidents, Vice Presidents, CIA, FBI, and those hated politicians all travel over these roads. So why do we cut the funding to maintain these important infrastructure. Wait there is NO MONEY for these projects? Each gallon of diesel fuel, and gasoline sold in the USA a road tax is collected. Even Trucking, Limo and Motor Coach companies pay an additional road use tax. Where is the money.

YIKES! This is bridge support structures!

Yup, another bridge support base with exposed rebar!

Here is an overpass over I 75 in Michigan about 20 miles south of Detroit. The picture does not do justice; but the section missing I will estimate about 2 1/2' down from the top and about 7' in length. This whole section broke off and fell on I 75 last fall.

Exposed Bridge Support Rebar Steel. This exposed structural rebar set in concrete  stand about 8' from the ground up to the bottom side of the bridge and about 3' in width.

So do you feel safe now traveling over the bridges in America?

A factual study of American Bridges conducted by the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) has found that in America there is an estimated 60,0000 +/- bridges that are deemed "Structurally Deficient."

Do you remember the I 35 span in Minneapolis/St. Paul that fell in August of 2007? That bridge was deemed structurally deficient just weeks prior to it falling.

Just this past Friday September 9, 2011 in Richmond, VA the main seat for Eric Cantor (R), House Majority Chair tried to deflect questions from reporters as to in his district there are so many bridges in need of repairs. Per the NTSB; they have found a total of 94 bridges in his district that are deemed "STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT."

I can say that we here in St. Louis are troubled by the amount of construction traffic and back ups. But we are displaced into ORANGE BARREL SEASON here.......the roads and bridges are bring rebuilt! Since 2009 most of the bridges and overpasses are already replaced except for a few that is in the final rebuilding stages. All of the interstates in the area are being repaved or have been repaved. But for other parts of the USA there is construction ongoing to rebuild them. But we need to spend more money on these infrastructures to be rebuilt.

So when you are driving on the interstates do the following > Open your eyes and look real good at the supports, and bridges in the rural parts of America. Do not look in the St. Louis Area, but when you are away from your place of living. You will be surprised at what you find.

Again, I hope you enjoyed my blogs. Please feel free to comment.

Stay Safe!

Roy