It is a New Year and I have resolved to be more positive in my editorial outlook on life and politics. Therefore I want to say that I am positive things are still glum!

        America needs jobs, real jobs, not the temporary ones over the buying season holidays, and contractors need work. The problem is uncertainty. Employers won't hire until they can see a return on investment a short ways down the road. Right now all we can see are those cans booted in that direction. Is that all? No, not by a long shot, but for those of you who think we have a tax problem, I positively disagree. We have plenty of tax revenue. What we have is a spending problem.

        What else? Washington is deadlocked on solutions. Democrats and Republicans are stalemated, going nowhere. There is no leadership. Stubborn ideologues on both sides are dug in. Worse, I do not believe in many of them any more. What is the solution? Vote 'em out! We don't have term limits but I am positive we could do better if we applied our own. I suggest two terms in the Senate and out, four terms in the House and begone! But that brings up yet another difficulty. Vote for who? "We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate", said Kin Hubbard, and he was right. Why would anyone run for public office? I am sure that even Mother Theresa would be vilified by the media if she ran on a conservative ticket. So why do some run? Call me cynical but if you said Ego Trip, Power Play, Riches, and More Riches, Fame or the like, I would agree. The personal wealth of many Senators and Representatives has increased dramatically over their terms in office. Did you know that they are immune to the Insider Trading penalties that would put you and me in jail, even Martha Stewart? Kin Hubbard also said, "Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature." I have my doubts.

        When I was in school I learned that there were three branches of government: the Executive, the Legislative and the Judicial. Now there is a fourth, the Administrative, made up of unelected bureaucrats who are generating regulations by the thousands to stifle our economy and capitalism. It has to stop.

       And, Comrade, every society has people in different economic levels from poor to rich. Here in America those with less get the chance to change that. Like I tell my sales staff, "Want to make more?  Then sell more!" There should be Class Competition but not Class Warfare.  All these strategies to level the playing field by redistributing your wealth and mine are not the American Way I remember, back in the day. 

        Oh well. "The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept." So said George Carlin. Me, too. Positively! 

        Are you better off than you were three years ago? Is the country? Not that I have seen. To heal, America needs to have its economic engine unleashed. Don't penalize the successful citizens who are the job creators, don't penalize business with crippling regulations. We are the Land of Opportunity ------- or we can be again, if given the chance!

        And of that I am positive! Happy New Year.

 

Sincerely,

 

       We are a distributor of a wide variety of construction and landscaper products. Gamka's business is in equipment sales and rentals, outdoor power products (lawn mowers, chainsaws, leaf blowers, snow throwers, etc.) for landscapers and homeowners, 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 field account managers 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. Our inventory lists more than 46,000 line items. We rent over 1,700 pieces of machinery. There are 12,000 parts in stock and our service department repairs our customers' equipment and what we sell and rent. Gamka performs warranty work on the equipment it sells, in house. 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 and many financing options for those who qualify. 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.This year marks our 26th anniversary!

     As the construction industry and our customers evolve, so do we.

 

Gamka Sales Co., Inc.
983 New Durham Road
Edison, New Jersey 08817
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