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You Can’t Fix Stupid

February 20, 2014 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

There’s a reason why businesses have migrated to the South. Lower taxes and right to work laws are the draw. But what may be most important is the attitude of self reliance. Self reliance is the antithesis of what union bosses are selling. They’ve ruined Detroit and will continue to bully in Tennessee. The VW organizing drive was no doubt supported by HRM Obama. You can’t fix stupid. Here the Wall Street Journal outlines Obama’s hand-in-glove relationship with the UAW.

Big Labor’s potentates have traveled to Houston this week to regroup after Volkswagen employees in Tennessee rejected the United Auto Workers last week. They might consider that part of the reason for their failure is that their brand of highly partisan liberal politics alienates the very workers they are targeting.

So far we’ve heard more blame-shifting than soul-searching. UAW President Bob King is blasting conservative “special interest groups” and Republican politicians for speaking up against the union and even daring to mention the specter of Detroit.

Republicans did fight the organizing drive, but then the UAW also made their job easy. Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform put up 13 billboards in Chattanooga linking the UAW to Democratic politicians and progressive policies. One billboard noted that the “United Obama Workers” spend “millions to elect liberal politicians including Barack Obama. ” The President isn’t popular in Tennessee, which he lost in 2012 to Mitt Romney by 20 points.

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E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zildjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris.

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