Naked Gator

I am a business owner in the State of Indiana.  During the past  year, Indiana has had to borrow 650 million dollars from the federal government to supplement its unemployment insurance program.
One would think that, due to the state of the economy, there are just too many people out of work, therefore causing an undue strain on the unemployment fund.  This is not [...]

Last year I paid nearly $25,000 in federal and state taxes, yet I made too much money to receive any part of the “economic stimulus”.  You know, these were the checks that even welfare recepients were receiving. I couldn’t even receive my children’s portion of the stimulus package. However a family member, who [...]

I used to be very optimistic and I used to think very highly of the politicans who ran our country.  Of course that was during the Regan Era.  What have we had since then . . . two bushes, a playboy and a socialist.
When I started this blog, I had so many different ideas of things [...]

While recently on vacation, I almost forgot about the recession and economic hardships faced by hard working Americans.  I almost forgot about my own business and the recent cutbacks I had to make.  And, I almost forgot about our federal government and how incredibly incapable and inept its representatives seem to be.   While sitting in a cabin [...]

I’m not a lawyer, nor am I a financial expert.  I’m not the CEO of a multi-billion dollar corporation and I don’t pretend to know how to adequately invest my own money.  However, I do manage to survive on what little I have left after paying taxes and know when I don’t have enough money [...]

Let me get this off my chest before I start in on unemployment compensation . . . GET OFF YOUR ASSES AND WORK!  I’m not sorry I said that either.  This is what the unemployment office should be telling the 260,000 unemployed workers in my state. Our unemployment rate in January rose to 8.2%, yet [...]

I’m sick and tired of “political correctness”, EEOC, affirmative action, welfare, politicians, unemployment and any mother’s movement against the unfair treatment of her precious kids.  GROW UP AMERICA, who cares if your feelings get hurt.  Let’s take a look at some “talking points” that many of you agree with, but won’t discuss for fear of upsetting others. [...]