Comments on: Japan's temporary workers in the cold http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/09/japans-temporary-workers-in-the-cold/ Get to grips with the issues affecting world business Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:43:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Shirley Wofford http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/09/japans-temporary-workers-in-the-cold/#comment-8857 Shirley Wofford Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:26:18 +0000 http://business.blogs.cnn.com/?p=1087#comment-8857 Economic Stimulus A quick and easy way to stimulate the sick economy is to give a deduction to the people who need it most on their current years federal income tax return. For just the year 2009, allow all interest to be deducted. This would allow an immediate benefit to those who are drowning in credit card debt, etc. The government would not have to print and send out rebate checks. I would send this to the Obama team, but I don't think they would read it. I hope you do. Thanks, Shirley Wofford, CPA, Attorney Economic Stimulus
A quick and easy way to stimulate the sick economy is to give a deduction to the people who need it most on their current years federal income tax return. For just the year 2009, allow all interest to be deducted. This would allow an immediate benefit to those who are drowning in credit card debt, etc. The government would not have to print and send out rebate checks.

I would send this to the Obama team, but I don't think they would read it. I hope you do.

Thanks,
Shirley Wofford, CPA, Attorney

]]> By: Uma in Liverpool, UK http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/09/japans-temporary-workers-in-the-cold/#comment-8851 Uma in Liverpool, UK Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:41:11 +0000 http://business.blogs.cnn.com/?p=1087#comment-8851 There's a deep, moral lesson in this story. I could say something trite, like 'Pride goeth before the fall', but it's bigger than that, and less trite. A blind acquaintance once said, 'Don't think of me as "disabled". Think of <i>yourselves</i> as "currently able". You never know, and you <i>need</i> to know that you could be "disabled" at any time'. People in capitalist countries would do well to apply the same message to themselves. Regardless of who a person is, and what s/he does, or has, s/he <i>could</i> be collecting unemployment benefit, at any time. Never take wealth for granted. Never take <i>health</i> for granted. Never take <i>anything</i> for granted, or you will be hopelessly lost, when it's gone. I say this as a person who was disabled in her mid-30s. Fortunately, I didn't have a habit of taking my health, nor indeed <i>anything</i> for granted. That said, this story is also very sad. Let it be a lesson to us all. There's a deep, moral lesson in this story. I could say something trite, like 'Pride goeth before the fall', but it's bigger than that, and less trite.

A blind acquaintance once said, 'Don't think of me as "disabled". Think of yourselves as "currently able". You never know, and you need to know that you could be "disabled" at any time'.

People in capitalist countries would do well to apply the same message to themselves. Regardless of who a person is, and what s/he does, or has, s/he could be collecting unemployment benefit, at any time.

Never take wealth for granted. Never take health for granted. Never take anything for granted, or you will be hopelessly lost, when it's gone.

I say this as a person who was disabled in her mid-30s. Fortunately, I didn't have a habit of taking my health, nor indeed anything for granted.

That said, this story is also very sad. Let it be a lesson to us all.

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