Gross National Product Shrinks

I am reminiscing about my high school graduation year it keeps coming up in current economic statistics.

"he GNP has not been this low since 1963." It was a good year for me. Graduating from High School with full scholarships to three universities. In July of that year I was packing my gear to try a school which pioneered the trimester program. Three four month sessions running all year round. Was quite a challenge. I don't remember the economy being a problem. I only had to worry about room and board. Seven hundred for two semesters. My summer job let me salt away over three thousand. I was rich.

The war in Vietnam was killing my friends but I had a number that would never be called. Young and foolish I went to enlist some where around valentines day if my memory is any good. Never thought a fungus could be so valuable. Last step of the physical the doctor congratulated me with a 1y classification. Why I asked? They had not picked up my asthmatic wheeze which was pretty loud. "Your feet will rot to your knees where all of these recruits are going. You have a fungus on the soles of your feet." That was the last I heard of the Army.

The space program was in full swing. On Long Island, Grumman Aircraft was the prime contractor for the original LEM project. Subcontracting companies all over the Island were getting work. You could quit a job on one morning an be working two others by the afternoon.

So here we are 5,000,000 unemployed and counting. All the Ex Presidents men and the Ex President defiant in their posture on the war crimes they have committed. And our great agent of Change is dragging his feet on starting the prosecutions.

Our corporate heads have gotten drunk on the recent release of $350,000,000 and cannot wait to get their hands on the next chunk of our borrowed chance at reviving the economy.

Please put your name in as a possible Next President of a Corporation. With a bit of common sense you could not do worse. Most of us would not think of remodeling our office to the tune of $1,300,000. Lets hear from some who could do better I know you are out there.

Who Should We Have as Presidents? You? Me?

Five million and counting-Americans out of work. Some of those workers have been scratching their heads for years over the decisions made by the Presidents of their companies.

I think there is a reason for change. A person earns 3,000 times the amount of the average worker in a company. He has lost billions of dollars. Leaves the company with a multi-million dollar bail out, and marches on to destroy another company. It seems to be very similar to an old zombie flick, these characters never die. The just show up in a new disguise in another company.

I am trying to make contact with people of common sense who feel they could do it for less and do it better. Every corporation has a board of directors, they should be elected by stockholders when in effect they are usually selected by upper management and are recommend to the stock holders. As a stock holder I have never been asked to send in a name of a possible director prior to the little ballot that shows up with an annual report asking me for a yes or no on the directors most of them already in place.

Why don't the directors revolt. Why pay 5,000,000 to 100,000,000 for a corporate president.

How many of you out there would take the job for $500,000 and a company car and a severance package of less than a million but not less then $250,000. Well it sound OK to me. Having reached the position of president you would be immune from long term unemployment. There is always a market for ex-presidents. If you don't get a new position as president of a company in a short time you could easily hire a ghost writer and tell your tale.

So if you have an interest in becoming president of a company with great perks but not be paid over $3,000,000 dollars a year. You should be willing to sign a contract that is short term three years or less, renewable at the discretion of the stockholders and board. With a good but not excessive parachute. To qualify you must have no experience in the companies operations other than what anyone might pick up a reader of the news, or a customer of the companies products or services.

Having people of no proven abilities come into these positions will bring a fresh look at how the company operates. It will give their workers real hope that they can have a life that is considered important because the board has chosen to axe the idea that someone is worth so much more than they are as people.

You are invited to join the Next Presidents. Spread the word, especially among the 5,000,000 or so who have applied for unemployment benefits, because of their ex-president's miss calculations.