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Welcome to Jump Start America.net
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| Welcome to Jump Start America. This site is designed to offer ideas for helping American's get back up on their feet and a reminder why our country is so great. My hopes are to start adding new things to the site weekly making it more informative and fun. So go ahead and take a look around and keep checking back for the latest additions.
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gbenton |
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7/4/2009 10:20 PM |
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I write about topics that affect and concern many people. Ideas and thoughts come from family, friends, co-workers, and myself. My intentions are to express feeling and value to each blog, and through words provide imagery to increase awareness of how others deal with different problems and challenges that we face living in America. |
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Say Thank You This Memorial Day! |
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By gbenton on
5/30/2010 9:44 PM
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Remember Memorial Day. Many of us enjoy our long weekend. It is important that we spend time with our families and friends. It is also important that we have a mid-year break to relieve some of the day to day stresses of life. Americans like the rest of the world are trying to maneuver through the obstacles with the economy and all the while keep the threads of our families and relationships from unwinding. I hope you have the day off, and I hope it is enjoyable and restful. But I do have one request. I ask that you remember the history behind Memorial Day. I hope you appreciate the Service men and women that have served our country faithfully and those that gave their lives so that you can have your freedoms and dreams.
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Get Ready Middle Class America! |
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By gbenton on
5/3/2010 9:59 PM
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I have looked real hard at the amount of money that is being spent to plug the holes in the American economy, and keep wondering who is going to pay for it all. Sounds almost like I am chastising you as the reader, but really….. have you thought about it. I won’t insult you. I know you have. Maybe you have not really worried too much, or maybe you are a skilled numbers person, but it is an issue or at least it will be soon. The U.S. workforce appears to be chugging along again, a few hills here and there, but never-the-less we are moving again. On the opposite side of the ...
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We are all one part of a whole Nation |
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By gbenton on
4/25/2010 12:52 PM
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Keep your head up. Summer is coming. Turn off the news. Hug your significant one, hug your kids. Smile. Listen to your favorite music. Tell someone thank you when they go out of their way to do something good. Pray. Pray again and give thanks for what you have. Many people have been bumping and grinding at the stone for a while now. I am officially calling for a break. No one else seems to want to. I think its time for one. Even machines get a downtime for servicing. I usually do not try to quote information without researching the facts, but I am going to go out on a limb and say that American’s probably work some of the most hours in the work week when compared to the rest of the world. Why? Do we really have more? What have we achieved? Current economic vitals? Why does it seem ...
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What do we do when doctors say no more? |
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By gbenton on
3/16/2010 4:45 PM
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Recently I was at my doctor’s office and noticed signs posted saying that the doctors group is no longer accepting Medicare and Medicaid patients. I just had to ask why, so I went to the receptionist and inquired. I was told that both the Federal Government and some State governments were cutting back payments to the doctor’s for services performed. And, in fact, sometimes the payments were leaving doctors with a negative balance. I must have had my face all screwed up and contorted, because she asked if I needed any water after I digested what she had just told me. This whole drawn out Healthcare drama is like treasure hunting blindfolded. A lot of people forming this bill, including both Republicans and ...
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Letter to the President |
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By gbenton on
2/23/2010 10:31 AM
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The following email is a letter that I wrote to President Obama. I will explain in a later post the reasons why I wrote the letter. I encourage everybody to read the letter and consider what I am trying to tell the President.
Dear Mr. President. I am writing to you to offer encouragement and a suggestion. Like many Presidents before you, you are faced with ongoing and continuing events such as the economy, foreign relations, and national security. But, unlike many Presidents before you, you have the most potential to prove that "change", can happen and that it can be for the betterment of the American people. My suggestion is that you return to the place and moment when you were thinking of what needed to be done. I always believe that all Americans united will help make those changes possible. Big banking and big spending I do believe is no ...
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The Ride Begins for 2010. |
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By gbenton on
1/21/2010 2:04 PM
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Happy belated New Year. I suppose that I am a little late. What is 2010 going to bring for us? And are the latest events unfolding an indicator of what is in store for us to expect? I first want to express my sympathy for the people of Haiti. Even though most of my posts usually focus on America, as Americans many of us ourselves have been in natural disaster within the U.S. continental territory. Being a close neighbor and self-proclaimed leader of the world, the government well be under world observation and scrutiny by others during the help process for Haiti.
Speaking of help, is the U.S. still in a recession or not? You might have heard that our economy is in a U shape, V shape, double-dipped, or some other alphabetic form of recovery, but what does this really equa ...
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Recession full blown, but our Nation remains strong. |
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By gbenton on
12/8/2009 10:58 PM
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It won’t be long and we will be saying 2010 in conversation and printing it out on forms and documents. Looking back over these last 12 months brings both happy and sad memories. I suppose it would not hurt to say that there may also be a few that elicit a little anger. But, never the less, those days have come and passed. To be fair I would say that many Americans can probably sympathize when it comes to telling our stories. Truly I am once again amazed and proud to be an American. Even with all the ongoing drama and last minute thrashing by our Government to help jump start our economy and show sense of urgency, we as a nation have remained united and civilized. Recently, I have even seen people stopping to help other ...
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Why Veterans Day is so important. |
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By gbenton on
11/11/2009 12:59 AM
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Today is one of the first days that I find myself at a lost for words. Not words for the sake of saying what is on my mind, but the correct words to express what I feel. Ugly, violent, and self destructive words may get your attention, but to be honest, they still would not serve good use to portray the message of this post. When reason or sense of focus fails to find you, then you must set out to find them. As a veteran I am proud, I am honored, and I am sad. I am sad of the tragedy that has hit our military, and has struck pain in our nation. Am I mad? Yes I am. But I will not let myself become consumed by the rush of anger and the build up of negative emotion. I have decided that I will not give another minute of my life thinking about one individual ...
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It's Time to Take Control of your Financial Future! |
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By gbenton on
9/26/2009 4:05 PM
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Hello again, I know it has been a while since my last feed, but I wanted to take time to get involved with what’s really affecting a lot of people right now. It has been increasingly difficult to put politics aside, especially with the amount of involvement from the U.S. government. Big banks are already paying off the TARP loans, and now that they are back on their feet, they seem to be forgetting about the little people, which of course, is us. Many of the big banks have only modified 5-15% of mortgages that are eligible. And t ...
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