Saturday Morning Thoughts

I'm in my office this morning and I have tons of things swirling around in my head. Let me give you an explanation. So I got up at about 8:30 this morning which is pretty early for me on a Saturday. I had to go deposit some checks at the bank which is normal many clients purchasing travel packages will send Cashier's Checks or Money Orders. On the way home I'm listening to the ready and it's always fascinating listening to "morning shows" on the radio. This is because they are "catering" to the "employee mindset" which is who their target audience is, everyone going to work.

That lead me to several different throught processes in my head. Right now if you have been reading my "Monday Matters" emails then you are beginning to realize and see that there are about to be some major economic shifts happening around us. I have been writing the emails to point out things for you to notice that I have noticed. I have been hoping you started doing your own research and even listen and watch the news with a more critical mind.

Take for example recent events, unemployeement benefits have been extended for up to 99 WEEKS! Now here is what is interesting about this. First it does those of us who are americans NO GOOD. Our politicians are brilliant and most know that this isn't the best thing to do for the American workforce but it sounds good and with a huge precentage of people out of work right now the "unemployeed" becomes a great voting contituency to pander too. Basically your government is looking out for themselves, knowing that they vote in policies that look good and sound good right now, the unemployeed will vote them back in office. In the long run the unemployeed becomes reliant on this supplemental money and will desparately seek or vote for any politican that will give it to them as if there was no end it sight to what the government can provide.

If you still believe there is no end in sight to what the government can provide then you need to go back and watch this >> http://jackieoquinn.blogspot.com/2010/07/letters-to-john.html

Not too long ago I heard a politician on TV say that these unemployeement benefits needed to be past to help the American worker who can get a job. He went on to say, "Some have said that extending these benefits will simply create an unmotivated workforce. Those that have said that simply don't believe in the American spirit." He went on to say that his opponents were just being heartless etc.

That's great political speech but here is what you need to be aware of and this is why you need to be critically thinking here because you can see the writing on the wall you will be able to take advantage of this wealth tranferance as it happens. This politician knows that what he is saying is missleading. He has access to some of the best economist and studies that have been done by the best intellects in our country. Study after study has shown:

Lengthy unemployeement benefits lead to:


- A decrease in the number of people who are actively seeking work.

This is where the unmotivated argument comes in. It's not to be confused with lazy. It doesn't necessarily mean someone is lazy it just means they don't have the same "urgency" to have to make money. They have some income which can help to ease some stress.

- It drastically decreases the "skilled workforce".

With many industries like technology moving so fast your knowledge today can be outdated in that field in 99 weeks.

- It creates a less desirable workforce and actually makes it more difficult to get a job

Imagine being responsible for hiring at a local company. You have a ton of applicants to consider for one job. It's a low skilled position which are the type of positions that continue to hire through a recession. Most of the applicants have been on unemployeement for many weeks. Which do you consider first the one that has been unemployeed for 85 weeks or the one that has only been out of work for 12 weeks. Which one should adjust better to being back in a work environment?

What do you tell all the rest? You tell them the best rejection line of all. "You are over qualified".

- It decreases the average worker's wage. The longer someone is unemployeed the more likely they are to accept a lower paying job when the are rehired. This usually means they need further government assistance to survive and they continue to vote the one in office who will continue or increase that asisstance.

No greater example of this type of Politics then what I recent read online doing some research:

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Almost overnight Roosevelt, the most popular president in the 20th century [elected 4 times] looted most half of this nation's wealth, while convincing the people that it was for their own good, in the name of Democracy. His right hand man, Harry Hopkins, suggested many of Roosevelt's policies, he said:

"Tax and Tax, Spend and Spend, Elect and Elect, because the people are too damn dumb to know the difference".

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Eighteenth century historian Alexander Fraser Tytler, says Lord Woodhouselee is claimed to have argued:


"A Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a Democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship."

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Why have I taken the time to send this to you? It's NOT so you will go out and start some revolution. Remember what I have been saying on Monday Matters. It's easier to take advantage of what is happening around you versus attempting to single handedly changing it. If you want to demonstrate and revolt or whatever thats fine, but first make sure you are making decisions in spite of our current geo politcal and economic environment, that will stabalize you and your family. That's easy and can be done much quicker.


It's easy to see a wealth swing coming. It's important that you are positioning yourself to benefit from this shift. That is what we are doing at Decide Freedom International (http://www.flexiblebiz.com/goland1 ).



Have a great weekend,


Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
Since 2004
1-888-309-5759

Letters to John II

Letters to John are actually letters that have been sent to my email subscribers who are looking for oppurtunities to increase their income working from home. Letters to John, focuses on educating subscribers about future events that may create oppurtunites for you to increase wealth and security for your family.


Hey John




This is the second installment of Monday Matters sent each Monday. If you missed the last one you can read it here: http://jackieoquinn.blogspot.com/2010/07/letters-to-john.html



As you read this I want you to keep in mind two important points. You have to look at the facts of what is happening around us as objectively as possible. Secondly, don't let your personal belief system get in the way of your judgement. In order to take advantage of the financial shift that is taking place, you want to position yourself strategically. That strategic positioning is what we will be discussing more later on.



In the mean time I found a short video that does a great job of explaining what a recession is and how we get out of a recession.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e1BuKBdi84



Jackie, why are you wanting me to learn about the Recession and Recovery? Because in a Recession and the Recovery will create unprecedented oppurtunities for you to become financially secure. An oppurtunity for you to be able to protect those that are the closest to you.



Have a great week,
Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
(Since 2004)
http://www.flexiblebiz.com/goland1

Letters to John

Letters to John are actually letters that have been sent to my email subscribers who are looking for oppurtunities to increase their income working from home. Letters to John, focuses on educating subscribers about future events that may create oppurtunites for you to increase wealth and security for your family.

John,



As I told you over the weekend. This will be my first email designed to help us ( I say us because I am always learning ) take advantage of our current political/economical environment to secure our personal finances. In order to take advantage of what is happening around us we have to eduate ourselves so that we can see these oppurtunities.


First let me ask you to watch what I find to be the easiest explanation of our money system and financial system in most developed countries. Below is a short free movie I found some time ago. It's not terribly entertaining but very easy to follow. It's important that you review the movie below so that later discussions will make sense to you. I would even recommend that you save it on your computer to watch again. It's is alittle slow give it about 5 minutes and it will start coming together for you.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5352106773770802849#


Any questions that you have feel free to email me at jackieoquinn@yahoo.com


All the best,

Jackie O'Quinn
International Coastal Director
Since 2004
http://mydfilive.com/direct.php?id=123456&password=password

June 27th was my wedding anniversary

Carmen and I just celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary. We went up to the Blue Ridge mountains and rented a luxury cabin for a week. It was a great time. The first couple of day we basically had some rest and relaxation playing games, and taking naps mostly. As the week went by we did more adventurous things. One day we went hiking for about two hours. There are tons of hiking trails and lots of national forest so that was scenic and incredibly beautiful. Another day we went horseback riding. This was technically my first time on a horse other than being a kid but that was when someone else like my uncle was holding the reins. Horseback riding through the mountains was definitely a good time. We went through the woods, down old logging roads, and open fields. In several places we had incredible views of the mountains.

Thursday of last week was probably one of our highlights (outside of my wife she was THE highlight and has been since the day we got married). We went whitewater rafting. We went down the Ococee River. This was a first for both of us, but man it was SO MUCH FUN. To be honest, I was intimidated alittle at first. Our guide was very knowledgeable and very laid back. Carmen did get knocked out of the raft once, but she got back in and was fine. One boat that was in our group completely turned over. It was alot of fun. If you have never been whitewater rafting then I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND it!

We came back home on Friday and had a quiet weekend. Now it's Monday and the first week of July. Back to business. In DFI we have a contest running through the summer and I want to do well with it so I will be giving it a good run. Speaking of which I have an appt now so I need to run but will be back for another blog post later.

All the best,
Jackie O'Quinn
1-888-309-5759
www.FlexibleBiz.com