Can you Find an Honest Man? | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Old Stories from the Bible tell great TRUTHS. Do you remember Lot going to the big cities of Sodom and Gomorrah? He had left with his father, Terah, as their tribe journeyed from Ur of the Chaldeans to the Promised Land of Canaan. Next, Abraham became the leader of the sojourn. There were internal family issues over whose animals were whose so Lot and Abram parted ways. Lot ended up staying at the bustling cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Those city names have become synonymous with SIN and corruption since gambling was their game and prostitution was their entertainment---the sexes doing their thing made no difference. It was the thrill of the act that made them desire it.

    Chapters 12-14 in Genesis tell the story:

    · There is a famine in Canaan so Abram and his nephew, Lot, go separate ways seeking food.

          •  Abram heads for Egypt, but Lot finds Sodom --- a place of great lust and party.

          •  Chapter 18 picks up the story of Lot as his family is living in the party town.

          •  God hears of the corruption and wants to destroy those awful people of both Sodom and Gomorra and has a discussion with Abram over the plans.

          •  Abram thinks God is being too harsh --- and if there were honest men to be found in the area, would He consider not destroying them in a blaze of fire like a giant Terrorist from Above.

          •  God and Abram have a good bargaining session and God says if he can find 50 honest men he would spare them. They bargain down to finding one honest man---who is Lot.

          •  So God sends some "angels" to check it out . . .

    They go through street after street and end up a Lot's house instead of sleeping in the village square under the stars. The word has passed that "fresh male meat" is in town and all the men and boys come calling for Lot to get them out for a real party of the flesh, male-to-male.

    For an honest man, Lot comes up with an alternative---he will let them enjoy his two virgin daughters instead of the angels. Even an honest man struggles with what to do with sex-starved men all over the place. It is hardly a "totally honest and upright man" who offers his daughters to the crowd, in my view. At that point in mankind's history sex was "just a thing you do." Women were the property of their father first and then their husband. Females were good bargaining chips in the life of the Ancient Middle East.

    This is a question as modern as today: CAN YOU FIND AN HONEST PERSON???

    I had an interesting chat with a young businessman yesterday. We were talking about corruption in Welfare and Business in general. He, like me, had put his wife legally in charge of his company so you had a minority ownership to procure Government Work these days. That is corruption driven by government rules to put minorities into a better place for advantage and opportunity to get jobs paid with a taxpayer-funded check from Uncle Sam.!

    It would seem we all are tempted to just make enough money to stay in business. This Great Recession is driving all businesses to play in the Garden of Corruption. Legislators are being dependent on the rich to get elected, then the Lobbyists show up knocking on your door.

    WHAT DO YOU DO???

    The young man and the old man were seriously talking now. I observed to him about the importance of maintaining INTEGRITY in our personal and business lives. My observation was: "I sleep well at night knowing I did my best to fulfill my obligations to take down trees at a fair price. If I bid too low, I don't run off with a shoddy job to make it out of my mistake. I just learn a lesson in pricing it better next time."

    As the Operator / Manager of my wife's business I run it without screwing over my men. They are not getting rich with manual labor in the hot and humid conditions of Eastern NC. I pay their wages and fill out the 1099 forms to report it honestly to Uncle Sam. The simplicity of Private Contracting provides a small business a way to save hiring an accountant for all the paperwork involved in withholding and sending a monthly check --- lest they knock on my door for tax reasons. NC Labor rules make it almost impossible to do such a simplification --- and I know it first hand in my small business experience.

    IS THE GOVERNMENT FAIR OVER TAXES?

    It seems the Trickle Down concept was supposed to tax-favor the rich and corps so they would grow and move money into the US Economy --- and all would prosper. Is that REALLY happening since the Reagan Administration and Congress started the "best idea since Adult Entertainment?"

    The billable hours make Tax Lawyers and Accountants as rich as the owners and shareholders of the wealthiest corporation in America these days. We are all in it for the MONEY, it seems.

    Here is the detailed account of Creative Accounting for Wal-Mart: The article ends with this statement: "ATF executive director Frank Clemente tells The Nation, "Business will be pushing them very hard to promote tax reform in their interest, as opposed to in the interest of the rest of us." And a more conservative budget "means making no investments" in social programs, and further erosion of healthcare, education and public infrastructure spending. "Unless we deficit spend to pay for those things, we've got to raise the money to do it, and that means raising revenue."

    CAN YOU FIND AN HONEST PERSON THESE DAYS????
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