My father was known to say, "Don't spit in my face and tell me it is rain." I remember that every time I hear the current Administration tells us how things are improving and that the Recession ended 18 months ago!  In July, Ken Simonson, the Associated General Contractors of America's chief economist, announced that overall construction spending is at its lowest level in a decade and hundreds of thousands of construction workers are unemployed. Not that this was news to me or you but it sure does not match up to the Good News coming out of Washington. Our liberties are being destroyed as we are being thrust down the path to bankruptcy via unsustainable debt. How stupid they must think we are. Well, we ain't! Is we?
 
Right after sending out last month's newsletter, I received this response, "I'm rather surprised you cited your political perspective, without a disclaimer, in a company e-newsletter. Are you assuming that NONE of your prospective customers are Obama supporters?"
 
Well, maybe I did and if in so doing I offended anyone, I apologize... but not too much. Have we become so politically correct that the fear of expressing an opinion overrides our right to do so? This is our country, our lives, our future and that of our kids and I care. Maybe some people can ignore what is going on around us for now but, at the rate we are going, even the least interested are going to get whacked with this "Hopey, Changey" Obamanism sooner than later. As adults, I always thought we could agree to disagree and get on with trying to make a living. Anyway, don't look for a disclaimer, just read the other stuff and skip me or hit unsubscribe.
 
November 2, 2010 elections will be pivotal to our lives and our industry. Where are the jobs?  If you like the freight train to ruin that we are on, (or is that too opinionated?) stay home and don't bother to vote. If you feel otherwise, vote out the rascals who are doing this to us despite our demands. Talk about taxation without representation!  If any of the PC read to this point, please note that I could have said, "Vote out the SOBs", like I feel, but I tried to show some sensitivity.
 
America is not "too big to fail", but it won't be on our watch, right? November 2, 2010: Vote before it is too late. We cannot change Washington unless we change the people. Tell everyone.
 

Sincerely,

 

 

We are a distributor of a wide variety of construction products. Gamka's business is in equipment sales and rentals, construction chemicals, thermal and moisture protection, diamond cutting, hardware, concrete accessories and safety equipment.  We are family run and our World Headquarters is located in Edison, NJ. Gamka's truck fleet delivers all over New Jersey, Metropolitan New York and Philadelphia. To serve our outside customers, we have three field sales representatives who call on contractors on jobs and in their offices. Inside our 60,000 square foot building we have a 2,000 sq. ft. show room where our sales counter handles walk-in customers and telephone calls. Under roof are more than 30,000 line items. We rent over 1,700 pieces of machinery. There are 9,000 parts in stock and our service department repairs our customers' equipment and what we sell and rent. Information on all of this and much more can be found on our website, www.gamka.com . We offer our customers application-engineered solutions to their problems.  We have established ourselves in the concrete market niche and are known by our customers as the concrete experts. If you have anything to do with concrete, from placing it to restoring it and every stage in between, Gamka can help. We have the answers.

 

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