It's been awhile,
I've been very busy at home since finishing up with my job, but its about time I decided to update everyone on whats going on. This was my third week of not having a real job, The first week I spent trying to get my house and garage back in order. Lots of dishes, laundry, house and garage repairs etc. Week two was spent trying to get information and paperwork done for zoning, licensing, and all the governmental red tape I have to deal with. This past week was spent focusing on finding financing and actual business planning. I have high hopes after my weeks of work, none of it has been easy, but I guess nothing worth doing comes easy. I will say that even in this short amount of time our family has grown closer together. I've got more support from friends and family than I ever thought I would have, and I appreciate all the kind words and encouragement.
(insert political rant)
I really hate the fact that the government feels compelled to rob me of the right to buy and sell cars, and then offer to sell me back those rights that should have been mine in the first place in return for a little cash and a test that makes me "legal" to do this. Lets not forget all the other stupid factors that come into play, like in order for me to sell cars for profit I have to have a dealers license, but in order for me to have that I have to have a building with office space and a 12x20 display....... what does an office and a display have to do with selling a car? Its this type of government overreach that stifles business and hurts the little people trying to get by, while at the same time helping the big business get bigger by weeding out any competition. Competition is what drives costs down and keeps businesses "lean" when the government makes it harder for new businesses to start up and compete not only is it bad for the consumer, but in my opinion its bad for the economy on the whole. I'll give an example using somewhat recent events, and someone that I find to be interesting.
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I can be pretty well assured that most people at face value will disagree with me on this, but If you put in some time reading about the man and actually listening to him, he is far less the criminal than the people that want to paint him as an enemy. He has done a perfect job of highlighting how governmental controls on a free market leave opportunity for someone with greed and power to take advantage of consumers that can't control their situation.. The patent for this drug was up in the 1950s.... that means anyone should be able to compete against his company to drive price back down.... oh wait...... the FDA regulates pharmaceuticals. It can take up to 5 years and millions of dollars for a drug to get FDA approval, in the meantime the company that has approval can charge whatever they want because there is no competition. If you consider the initial cost to develop, plus the risk involved in trying to get approval, why would any other drug manufacturer even waste the money to try for approval when another company already owns the market? Does this help the consumer? Absolutely not, why do you think drug prices are so high in the first place? The only reason people have recently become so in tune to the happenings of the drug companies, is because the health insurance has gotten so much worse. If the insurance pays for your drugs why would you care what they cost? This is a prime example of why the health care system is broken. Everyone wants to blame someone else for the extra costs because nobody has taken responsibility to say "hey why does my bill charge me $50 for gauze and alcohol wipes?" Well I guess I've gone off on a bit of a tangent there. I wish people would look deeper into all of this crap with obamacare (ryancare) and realize the system is broken and deciding who has to eat the cost isn't going to change the root cause of the problem.
On to my next wonderful tangent. I found an old oil stove in my shed that I plan to heat my garage with....... there is something about the way things used to be built that just makes me happy. The stove was probably built around the 1940s to 1950s I'm pretty sure it was intended to run fuel oil. The fact that I could drag it out of the shed, vacuum years of mouse poop and junk out of it, tear it all apart and make it work again just amazes me. I feel like it was intended to last forever, when they were building it there was no study of materials or how can we cut costs.... I just picture someone saying "this is going to outlast the house we put it in" The best part is its gravity fed, requires no electricity and chances are I can retrofit it to burn waste oil...... best garage heater EVER!
