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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Hobby Lobby Founder-May Close ALL Stores
Hobby
Lobby Founder-May Close ALL Stores
David
Sloan “The wisdom that comes from above is, first, pure, then
peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits,
without uncertainty or insincerity.” – James 3:17
When
my family and I started our company 40 years ago, we were working out
of a garage on a $600 bank loan, assembling miniature picture
frames.. Our first retail store wasn’t much bigger than most
people’s living rooms, but we had faith that we would succeed if we
lived and worked according to God’s word.
From
there, Hobby Lobby has become one of the nation’s largest arts and
crafts retailers, with more than 500 locations in 41 states. Our
children grew up into fine business leaders, and today we run Hobby
Lobby together, as a family.
We’re
Christians, and we run our business on Christian principles. I’ve
always said that the first two goals of our business are (1) to run
our business in harmony with God’s laws, and (2) to focus on people
more than money. And that’s what we’ve tried to do. We close
early so our employees can see their families at night. We keep our
stores closed on Sundays, one of the week’s biggest shopping days,
so that our workers and their families can enjoy a day of rest.
We
believe that it is by God’s grace that Hobby Lobby has endured, and
he has blessed us and our employees. We’ve not only added jobs in a
weak economy, we’ve raised wages for the past four years in a row.
Our full-time employees start at 80% above minimum wage.
A
new government healthcare mandate says that our family business MUST
provide what I believe are abortion-causing drugs as part of our
health insurance. Being Christians, we don’t pay for drugs that
might cause abortions, which means that we don’t cover emergency
contraception, the morning-after pill or the week-after pill. We
believe doing so might end a life after the moment of conception,
something that is contrary to our most important beliefs.
Our
government threatens to fine a family for running its business
according to its beliefs.It’s not right. I know people will say we
ought to follow the rules; that it’s the same for everybody. But
that’s not true.
The
government has exempted thousands of companies from this mandate, for
reasons of convenience or cost. But it won’t exempt them for
reasons of religious belief.
So,
Hobby Lobby and my family are forced to make a choice. With great
reluctance, we filed a lawsuit today, represented by the Becket Fund
for Religious Liberty, asking a federal court to stop this mandate
before it hurts our business. We don’t like to go running into
court,
but
we no longer have a choice. We believe people are more important than
the bottom line and that honoring God is more important than turning
a profit.
My
family has lived the American dream. We want to continue growing our
company and providing great jobs for thousands of employees, but the
government is going to make that much more difficult.
The
government is forcing us to choose between following our faith and
following the law. I say that’s a choice no American and no
American business should have to make.
The
government cannot force you to follow laws that go against your
fundamental religious belief. They have exempted thousands of
companies but will not except Christianorganizations including the
Catholic church.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Mourning in America - Here's Those Layoffs We Voted For Last Night
By Rusty Weiss on November 07, 2012
http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/grusbf5/good-morning-america-heres-those-layoffs-you-voted
Thursday, November 8, 2012
The Perfect Storm Demands Barter for
Survival
Barter Expert
Reveals Secret to Survival When All is Lost
PHOENIX, AZ – (October 31, 2012) – Barter is the only economic system that is fully viable to breathe new life into all that is underwater and lost. It is as seamless to use as cash or debit cards and is the new active market in the wake of this Frankenstorm, extreme unemployment, debt and recession. Barter, the most basic form of exchange is booming, but how does it work and where do we begin?
Former
Domestic Violence Survivor, Ana Hawk learned through life or death necessity how
to live and support her two children after a domestic violence name change and
finding she and her family destitute, how to literally thrive in the
barter/trade economy. Now dubbed a leader in the Barter Trade Economy, Ana, the
Founder and CEO of Instant Barter, teaches people ages 7 – 700 how to not just
survive, but also thrive in this booming barter economy.
Ana
is the creator of My Barter Gameรค,
the perfect tool for teaching the art and science of barter to all ages.
According to Ana, “barter is a truly effective and robust means to obtain the
necessary goods and services to live a lovely lifestyle. Creating a fun,
educational, interactive board game that can be enjoyed by family, friends and
co-workers is the most effective tool for team-building and a complete
understanding the barter economy.”
“Barter
is now mainstream,” claims Ana. “With over 400,000 businesses in the US involved
in barter and trade, it has become an essential strategy in today’s business
operations.” Since the IRS views barter the same as cash transactions, the
modern barter exchange is highly regulated and reliable.
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