When it comes to the general business of the country, we are now directed to the notion that the employer, the risk taker, is the villain, and the employee deserves not only the credit for the enterprise, but also the cash. We are to learn to love the workers and cast a weary eye at the employers. Can you possibly build the nation's business by impeding the employer while applauding the employee? May I again state that not every employer is great, benevolent, forward seeing and the type of person we all have admired over the years, nor is every employee or even the vast majority of employees slackers and uninterested in the welfare of the enterprise. What bothers me most is the underlying disdain I am hearing about capitalism. I turned on one of the financial stations last week and heard my own congressman talking about the possible end of capitalism in America. I, for one, believe we could not be where we are today without the capitalistic business model.

This takes me to the government of our great country. When did it become fashionable in the Congress and Senate to simply pass laws and ratify budgets that were unread by the members of these great institutions and voted on because they were either instructed or coerced to pass said laws and/or budgets. After passing these instruments without knowledge or concern, these esteemed bodies banded together and attacked businesses and business leaders who were the recipients of these budgets. All of a sudden the politicos were concerned with nickel and dimes after the dollars escaped by the billions. Why the outrage at this time: political expediency? They were going to show their constituents they had their eye on the ball. The fact, as it turned out, that they had gone after the wrong players in the AIG fiasco was irrelevant. The real relevant point is why were they doing this at all?

How can you err by omission and commission at the same time? Who could have known?

We are considering, as a nation, to change the rules in the middle of the game as we have done before in the mortgage market and the financial markets. We have made it nearly impossible for self employed people to get mortgage loans. These are the very people who have always been able to qualify for loans, but not after the rules changed in December of last year. We changed the up tick rule for short selling, which did unbelievable damage to the markets at the worst possible time, for reasons that are still unknown. Now we are considering changing the secret ballot, a cornerstone of our democracy, in all elections to decide whether employees wish to have a union in businesses with 10 employees or more. Why? Did the secret ballot fail us over the years? Is our nation less than it could be because we steadfastly stuck with the secret ballot? I have my feeling about this change and I am sure you have yours. The big question is why would we do this and do we stop with just this type of election?

It is certainly time for everyone to wake up and find out what is happening in this country.

Are you aware of all that is happening in front of the cameras and behind them? Now is the time to figure out which direction this nation is heading and whether you believe it is the way you would like to go. If we don't try to ascertain what is going on now, then one day we might all be saying "who knew?"