Creators Day
Excellent idea -- from the
Chicago Boyz forum:
Creators Day
We should have an annual Creators Day as a national holiday. We have a �Labor Day� to celebrate workers paid salaries and wages. That is fine, and there are historical reasons for it. But it is not enough. We also need a national day celebrating the people who make those jobs possible and bring them into existence in the first place. Otherwise the day appears to be a glorification of �workers� in opposition to a faceless someone or something that signs the paychecks, some unnamed �other� that is not �the people� but nameless bag of money. That is morally and factually wrong and needs to be rectified. It is long past time to celebrate the people who necessarily come first in the economic process, the people who create the jobs, the people who sign the paychecks, the people who risk their effort and time and capital, the people whose ideas and drive and commitment make the paychecks possible. Without risk-takes, innovators, creators, adventurers, entrepreneurs � no jobs, no wages, no salaries, no employees, no workers, no labor, no nothin�.
Americans need to celebrate these unsung people, our fellow citizens and neighbors, with an annual, national holiday recognizing the fundamental importance and greatness of their contribution to our national life.
This is an idea whose time has come.
Two years ago when I was managing the Bakery as well as the Store, I was responsible for the paychecks of 27 people. I have had other businesses with employees in Seattle before moving up here. It's not just cutting paychecks for people though -- I pay out more in business taxes than I do in personal income taxes. This comes out of the company account -- not my personal account but it still hurts to pay and it hurts further to see those funds squandered.
I worked hard for those dollars and for some politician to throw them to some bundler who raised campaign money makes my blood boil.
Posted by DaveH at September 2, 2012 6:16 PM