Posted by
Thecontracorsside.com on Friday, July 04, 2008 12:06:08 PM
We Live in An Amazing Country
Where else in the world could we,
as independent contractors, ever hope to cut through class, race, or gender
limitations and work our trade with honor?
The Declaration of Independence
is a 232 year old document signed by men who were risking their lives to go
against the British establishment. They were telling a king to “go stuff it.”
How cool is that?
Contractors, in particular, are
an independent bunch. We are what the document was all about, but we’ve kinda
gotten into the habit of letting “the money” push us around, tell us that we
are not the good guys.
We ought to think about that. We
ought to do some objecting.
Remember: if they drive on it, work
in it, or live in it, a contractor built it.
They want to clean up our
business, but they won’t do anything to clean up theirs, so once again, we, who
are the producers of a product, must do it for them….and us.
The United States of America is a “can-do”
country, and we are the “can-do-ers.”
We need to keep our independence
strong, but to do that we have to get together to share information on the bad
boy clients, officials, suppliers who don’t care how they get product. The guy
who fired the “shot heard ‘round the world” wasn’t standing there all by
himself. There were plenty of others who got together with him and started
cleaning the tyrants’ clocks.
We are privileged to live in a
great country, but that greatness was bought, not only by blood and sweat, it
was bought by men and women who stood up, showed their courage, and worked
together to clean up somebody else’s mess.
We’ve stood by and let others
regulate, legislate, and dictate terms long enough.
It’s time to take our business
back, but we have to do it intelligently by getting information about the
problem makers out in front of all of us.
This is do-able. All it takes is
will.
Happy Independence Day to all.
It’s a holiday that ranks with the other top three, and besides it’s the perfect
break in the middle of the year. May God richly bless you and yours….and your
business.
Lee W. Dodson
thecontractorsside.com