Business Life and Death

There was once a homeless man. He worked on the streets collecting bottles he recycled, doing odd jobs for people, making a buck here a buck there. He didn't drink or smoke or do drugs. Winters were mild where he lived so he was able to make do, making shelters where he could, under bridges, in pipes, old empty buildings , in the woods by rivers and lakes. He lived for years this way until one day the police stopped him and found he had a million dollars on his person.

 

They said you must have stolen this because it should be in a bank and took it away, leaving him

helpless again to live with nothing.

The story went into the papers but I never heard one person stand up and speak for the rights of this homeless man, who has rights to keep his money where he wants it. In fact, now that it became public, it would be down right dangerous for him.

Theft is theft regardless if the police take it or another robber.

The money was made through working hard and saved because the person lived inconveniently,  suffering quietly, on city streets.

Some could say the man was crazy, others could say he was smart.

Who knows what was in his mind? The thing is, he was free to live how he wished to live and if he wanted his pocket to be his bank, no one should be allowed to say otherwise.

As a homeless man, he was able to make a million dollars, living a free life, where most people following the get rich quick schemes, living in comfort in heated homes, driving cars and going on vacations, are not able to do because they are enslaved  by a system, laws and rules designed to extort money out of you.

Another more recent story, was about a man with a paper clip. He made his story public.

He said I am beginning with a paper clip and through the barter system, I want to work my way up to owning a house. So he climbed that ladder and sure enough, he ended up with a house, free and clear which he could now sell.

Two different stories about two people who did not follow the status quo, thinking outside the box.

So there are other ways to make money without following laws and rules. If you are patient and work hard, it could be done.

So if it could be done, why aren't  people doing it?

As a kid I remember Steinbergs. It was like Safeway... run by a family.

It began small with the family having extra goods left over and rather than throw them away, they  put them into their customers' grocery bags.

Things like apples, bread, buns. The company grew cause people liked this. Word spread and more people came.

I got my huge Oxford Dictionary from them buying a letter a week, an Encyclopedia and then they gave out Pinky Stamps you collected in a booklet for things. It worked. They did a good honest business making their customers happy and the customers were good to work with because they also were good honest hard working , God fearing people.

No one in those days had wicked thoughts about screwing another business A man's honor meant a lot. Today businesses have to think twice about the kind of customers they sell to or go bank rupt.

One day, after 75 years, they closed down and we lost Steinbergs. They went bankrupt.

According to WIKI :

"Trouble started brewing for the chain after the death of Sam Steinberg in 1978; his laissez-faire dealings with the union and lack of a succession plan for the company began its decline. Things worsened rapidly when a power struggle developed between his daughter Mitzi, her husband Mel Dobrin, daughter Marilyn Steinberg Cobrin and daughter Evelyn Steinberg."

The story of Steinbergs is an interesting one if you look it up in Wiki.

Times were different back then. People were honest, problems resolved ethically until one day

everything changed. Greed got in. Improper behavior.

Today people are taught morals ethics and values are garbage. Money talks and bullshit walks. Do what you have to do, to get ahead. I listen to the Lang and Oleary Exchange and I have to say it's shocking sometimes.

Trouble is, there is always another bigger wolf sitting behind every other regular wolf ready to pounce in and lap up the profits of hard work, hurting many in the process.

This wolf sits, analyzes and investigates how to devour and destroy good business and according to our laws, that's ok to do.
 I find if a person sits specifically to devise ways and means to destroy your job and lifes' work, that's criminal.

 It's done simply through constant harassment wearing you down until you can't concentrate on your job and then they come and clean it up with the final kill . Judges see this happening every day. They know it and do nothing about it. The criminal wins every time because the criminal knows how to work the system. That's their job. So working within a system, being good, means you will never win.
This is the message that is sent to every person wanting to have a little something for his family. Word gets out, every one begins on a feeding frenzy and every one loses except the top wolf who knows how to extort from everyone especially now that everyone is grovelling while he holds a winning hand.

People learn quickly that it's not enough to do good business anymore.

Banks give you a dollar but know how to take 5 away from you. Finance companies give you a dollar and take 20. Mortgages suffer because people lose their homes because after interest is collected , lenders don't want it sold to you anymore and jobs suffer because companies can't cope with the expenses of running them especially if they try to do the right thing.'

Not good stuff doing it the way people are being taught today.

The homeless man made it but was robbed by the very people who should have protected him.

The barter system works because it's honest and people know what they are exchanging for but it involves no paper /money trail.

Steinbergs was good being ethical and moral with people until bad stuff got inside and began the rot which eventually destroyed it.

Should life always be so difficult?

Working under Gods' laws, you put in a days work and you get your just rewards.

You work a little harder, you make a little more You have the ability to take a few days off to rest and spend with family.

Under man's laws, you put in a good days work but you can't go home to have a good nights' sleep because while you are sleeping, someone is in your business checking out ways and means to outsmart you so they get something for nothing.

Running an innocent business puts you on someones' hit list to destroy because something you have has resale value. Instead of allowing you to be happy running your business and growing, they steal it from under you and resell it.

It all leaves us wondering, if cracking the egg is in the end, a good thing?

Why is it today that we have law but no justice?

Why does the law hurt the good man, while rewarding the unethical thief?

All the answers lie in the 10 Commandments.

It is the egg which nourishes, protects and defends  us all, within the walls of its' shell.
Those who want to see it broken, are the ones we have to watch out for.

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