A Possible Solution

First of all,

for those of you that normally follow along,

this is not going to be your typical

crafts or craziness post.

So, if that is what you are expecting,

you might want to tune out now.

Second of all,

and if you are still with me,

please understand that this is not political,

I try to be relatively open-minded,

have always believed that we live in a free country where

everyone has and is entitled to their opinion.

That being said,

I am a registered Republican.

If that offends you, that is your problem.

It does not offend me

or make me think less of you

if you are a

registered Democrat.

That is your choice,

mine is mine.

Personally, I rarely vote a straight party ticket,

try to be somewhat well informed,

and for years was registered Independent,

but changed that only to be able to vote in the primaries.

What I am about to say,

I think affects a lot of people

regardless of party affiliation.

 

My husband and I are self employed.

We started our own business,

struggled through all the formative years of owning your own business,

have worked extra outside jobs to get that business going

and

have invested time and personal assets to make the business

what it is 20 years later.

We are not rich,

there are times that we are not even "comfortable"

but

we chose this life.

We have struggled when we were needed for family issues

and

we were thankful that we were able to be flexible enough

to have that time off.

But now,

we are faced with a huge challenge.

 

Healthcare.

For twenty years we have paid our own health insurance.

We chose our plan.

When premiums topped $1500 a month a few years ago,

we chose a much more affordable plan.

No, we didn't have the best coverage,

but with saving $1000 per month,

we chose to pay the differences out of pocket.

We CHOSE that in a free country!

 

And we paid it.

Paid our premiums,

paid our prescriptions

and

recently when I had ankle surgery,

paid for crutches,

doctor bills

and when therapy was not covered,

I walked

and

worked

and

got better on my own.

 

It was all a choice.

Our choice.

 

When I first heard about a national health care system,

I was actually somewhat interested.

Lower costs,

better care,

help for all of us who have to buy our own insurance.

I did not think it would affect me though

unless I chose to take part in it.

 

Just google our president's repeated statement

regarding

"If you like your current health plan,

you can keep it"

 

He said it many times.

Did he lie?

 

Or was he was misinformed,

or maybe he does not realize what insurance companies are doing to

small business owners

right now.

In my tiny little corner of the world,

there are many of us in the same position.

We have paid for our insurance for years,

we have chosen our plans,

we have paid our bills

and

we are finding ourselves without hospitalization.

 

Will the government plan help us?

How are we to know?

We can't find out on the website,

it does not work.

So far,

every insurance company that I have called

refuses to sell a policy to me.

(Well, one did, but the price and terms were outrageous)

 

So what are we to do?

 

Here is my thought.

And, if you are a small business owner you can use this and insert

your own product and prices.

 

You get in bed with the government

as I am thinking the insurance companies have.

You get the government to force every American

to buy your product

whether they want it or not.

 

Here is how my money maker is going to work.

 

Every person in this country has to buy a screen printed t-shirt.

Everyone, no exceptions.

If you have been buying screen printed t-shirts all along

from me and are a loyal customer,

I am going to cancel your artwork, screen charges

and t-shirt prices

and

once you register on a website

(that does not work)

you will have to pick your t-shirt provider again.

It does not have to be me,

you can pick any t-shirt provider.

Somehow,

all screen printers will be uniting

to charge higher prices though,

so be prepared to pay a lot more.

Now, for those of you that your employer will be providing you

with a t-shirt,

the prices are going up for them, so

your payroll deduction

will go up,

or some people will just have to lose their jobs

and you will have to pick up the slack.

Someone has to pay.

For those of you that have been buying t-shirts from me

the price is going to triple

and

I am going to start buying seconds, not high quality shirts

and

I am probably going to smear the ink. 

After all,

I have the government backing me and forcing you to buy this t-shirt

so it does not have to be the best quality

and I don't have to provide you with the

customer service

normally required to keep my customers happy.

 

And here is my math:

For the sake of my inept percentage math skills,

we are not going with the 47% living off the government,

we are going with 50%

because really, it is getting close to that.

 

One hundred people have to get their t-shirts from me.

T-shirts cost me $2-$3 each.

I sell them printed for $7.50.

but we are going to say $7...again, easy math.

So, right now, I make $4 per t-shirt.

50 of you were already buying from me

so I was making

$200 on those 50 t-shirts.

Now, I am going to charge

50 of you $21 per shirt

and

I am going to buy cheap t-shirts, second quality

for $1 each.

Now, I am making $20 each on the 50 shirts.

$1000 profit.

True, I have to give 50 free, first quality t-shirts to those

that don't work

or

are here illegally,

but even at $3 each

that is $150

still leaving me a profit of $850.

 

Win, Win!

 

You can insert

pizzas,

pipe,

sides of beef,

sandwiches

or any product,

the math is still the same.

The profit is still there.

 

Where do we, all small business owners, sign up to get the government to force all

Americans to buy our products?