Stop Choosing Unproven Plumbers

Last week my friend just finished a large plumbing project at his warehouse in Los Angeles. I’m actually surprised the project is actually finished, because he’s been having a ton of problems and something that initially should have taken a few weeks dragged on for months.

The Problem With Cheap Plumbers

My friend initially chose a plumber after filling out a request on a website, and he decided to choose the one who offered the lowest price, and he thought he’d be saving a few thousand dollars. The problem is that the plumbing company that he chose had no idea what they were doing. It seemed like every day the plumbing company would come up with another problem and the price would go up. This went on for more than 3 months, and the entire project was only supposed to take about four months.

Finding a Quality Plumber

After the project dragged on for much longer than it should have my friend got fed up and fired the plumbing company. My friend asked me if I had used any good plumbers in Los Angeles, and I haven’t ever hired a plumber in LA before, but I recommended him to Proven Plumbers, because that’s where I found my plumber in San Diego. Within a few weeks his project was finally completed, and he called me yesterday to thank me for referring him to ProvenPlumbers.com.

Proven Plumbers makes sure that every company listed is fully licensed and insured, and while you can still have plumbing issues, the chances of running into problems are much lower. Websites that focus on local quality contractors have been growing more and more popular each time a customer gets ripped off.

Dear Government – Stop Advertising Your Shitty Programs

Last night I was trying to watch LeBron James destroy the Indiana Pacers and I got blindsided by an ad for the US Postal Service. I didn’t really pay attention because the ad, just like most government programs, sucked. Not only is it bad enough that the US Postal Service loses billions of dollars every quarter (maybe it has something to do with advertising on prime time tv), but I have to sit through their terrible advertising campaign as well. I know about the USPS. I have to walk out to my mailbox every day to collect the 30-40 pieces of junk mail that I get that offer me a million dollars or whatever the scam of the week is.

If you are losing billions of dollars every year I guess what’s a couple more million on some tv ads? Hey, If I could spend other peoples money and get away with it I would too.

National Debt Solution – Stop Being Idiots

The National Debt is above 15 trillion dollars with no signs of shrinking any time soon. On top of the federal government spending too much, many state and local governments continue to spend money that they don’t have. Unfortunately for our government there is nobody to bail them out like a failing company (unless you count China buying our bonds).

The solution to the national debt is actually pretty simple, and it’s something that every individual has to abide by (except for morons who don’t know how to use credit cards), don’t spend money that you don’t have. Seems simple enough, but instead of cutting back on government programs we keep adding them. I wouldn’t be opposed to adding government programs if they were self sustainable, or weren’t run like complete shit. How bad are government programs? When was the last time you heard someone say “I can’t wait to go to the DMV” or “filing taxes was easy” or “I’m surprised the Post Office loses billions of dollars a quarter”. The first thing that comes to mind when most people think of the government is inefficiency and waste, and for good reason.

Anyone calling for more taxes is at the same time calling for more of our money being thrown down the drain. Am I right? Or am I right?