My Take on the Government Shutdown

The United States of America is a BUSINESS.

We have a CEO, CFO, COO and all the other letter people. We have upper management, we have middle management, we have department managers, we shift managers, we have team leaders, we have group leaders, and finally we have the employees aka Front Of House (FOH) Staff! Yes, even we the everyday hard working people have a letter title too and we thought we were just the lowest level employee. The problem in any extremely large business there is a 10,000 mile distance between the two MOST important people in the business who hold all the control, the CEO & FOH. These two don't get to talk to each other out of pure EGO from the CEO. But in this business, the upper & middle management stands in the way. We have a new CEO and many do not like him. Well, I wouldn't want to be the CEO having to run a business of this size; so, therefore this CEO has my full respect. The problem with this business, is that the upper management have way too much power. In my opinion, all of the upper managers need to go back to college and get a refresher course in business management...

In a business of this size, when the credit card bill has a "T" behind the number, the cuts aren't made on the FOH level. The middle management is reduced in order to reduce the operation cost of the business. In this business, the ones who have the least to lose is the upper management and they should be required, no asked, to reduce their pay by 90%. The middle management can also take a pay cut to help reduce the costs. The 10% will keep food on the shelves and clothes from Sears on their backs. The upper and middle managers need to stop living the life of rock stars. Even the rock stars are reducing their spending to make ends meet.

When the FOH can't afford even the most basic of needs, such as food, gas, basic clothes and rent to keep a roof over our heads; Something is SERIOUSLY Wrong. So, closing the doors and putting even more FOH out on the street to cut cost is INSANE. The FOH have no more ways to reduce our own spending because there isn't anything coming in to spend. So, that leaves the upper and middle management.

Let's get back to basics here and make better decisions in the everyday running of this Business...