Five Important Questions No One Wants To Ask Or Answer
By Saye Menlekeh Taryor
1) How Many of you lost chunks of money in your 401k in 2008, and how did this happen? Did your employer allow plan administrators and other third-party service providers to charge excessive, hidden fees to your plan, breaching their fiduciary duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)? What role did the federal government play in investigating this issue?
2) How many of you have lost your job due to outsourcing (jobs taken overseas)? Do you know which government officials (State or Federal) promote outsourcing of jobs, and which ones introduce and support legislation that give businesses incentives to keep jobs in the US, and introduce regulations on the outsourcing of jobs?
3) Have any of you noticed an increase in your healthcare plan over the last 10 years? Can you list seven government officials (State or Federal) whom are on the record for introducing or supporting legislation’s that addresses the issue of healthcare quality and cost. Have you ever read any of those bills to see how they have benefited you directly? Can you list seven government officials in opposition (State or Federal) whom are on the record for introducing or supporting legislation’s that has resulted in the increase of the (cost of your current healthcare bill)? Have you read any of the bills to see how you have been hurt directly?
4) Can you name three state and three federal bills that were passed over the last 20 years that has improved your life directly? If so, do you know the individuals who were responsible for introducing these legislations, and the individuals who supported them? Do you know the individuals who were in opposition to these legislations?
5) Without the establishment handpicking a short list of individuals for you to select as president in 2012, is there anyone (outside of Obama) who you would endorse to be the next president of the United States? If so, what are the things they support in which you disagree with? Are they aligned with anyone who is in opposition with your views concerning the issues in the first four questions above? Reseach tool below
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/abt_thom.html
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/b_three_sections_with_teasers/howto.htm
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Brother Saye (Saye Menlekeh Taryor) is an author, critical thinking education & social entrepreneur activist, founder of 1up Entertainment/Consulting and the leading voice for “The 1up Movement.” The Atlanta/Liberian native graduated from Piney Woods Country Life School (a historically black boarding school, located in central Mississippi) in 1992. Soon after, he enrolled in the University of Southern Mississippi, where he pursued a journalism degree. After realizing his true calling was to illuminate young men and women about the importance of social entrepreneurship and critical thinking education, he attended Georgia State University to learn more about critical thinking education and public speaking.
Brother Saye has been active with “Generation Y” leadership workshops, which he first hosted with Linda A. Brooks in 2009. As an activist, he currently promotes his 1up programs and workshops, and is the "Atlanta Travel" writer for the Examiner.com. Brothers Saye’s most recent book entitled, “Overstanding With a 1up Vision, The Critical Thinking Approach to Liberation” has received praise throughout the conscious community.
Other published works include, Child development and the importance of critical thinking education, Critical thinking approach to voting, Part II, “The 2009 1up Entertainment Music Guide and Directory, Vol. 1,” “Country Life School,” "What Do You Think?" and, “A Fathers Burden.”
Brother Saye's New Book "Analyzing The American Divide" Will Be Available This Fall
