Monday, April 30, 2018

Where globally, man discounts that a power greater than all ever existed, God's Word directly challenges it's birth right (and they know who they are) under free will to either repent in expectations or suffer through due corrections as a made example of before the rest on what should no longer be pursued under any circumstance.

Illinois firms must reveal CEO- to - worker pay ratio's.
As  leader in worst managed state in the union 
here are pay realities in which all general voters consciousness must vote upon?




  • Which method can be used to find the median paid employee? Companies have flexibility to choose methodology to identify the median employee, which can actually complicate the process. The SEC allows companies to use statistical sampling, reasonable estimates, or just choose to use certain pieces of compensation that are easily identifiable (e.g., payroll or W-2 compensation). However, any methodology used must be explained in the proxy and must be reasonable.
  • How is the median employee’s pay reported? Once the median employee is identified, the job is still not complete. That employee’s pay must be recalculated as if the employee were to be in the summary compensation table (SCT) of a proxy statement.
  • Public companies must now disclose the pay gap between CEO'S and Employees. 




These ratios vary widely given size, industry and other factors. 

(Source - Chicago Tribune business Section 2 page 5 - 04/29/18.

Illinois Tool Works
CEO pay (millions) $17.1
Company ratio 
420 to 1
Median Employee pay
$40,738.00

Mondelaz
CEO pay (millions) $17.3
Company ratio
403 to 1
Median Employee pay
$42,893.00

Baxter
CEO pay (millions) $14.9+
Company ratio
355 to 1
Median Employee pay
$42,008.00

ADM
CEO pay (millions) $15.9
Company ratio
276 to 1
Median Employee pay
$57,345.00

SEARS
CEO pay (millions) $4.3
Company ratio
264 to 1
Median Employee pay
$16,442.00

Abbott
CEO pay (millions) $19.0
Company ratio
251 to 1
Median Employee pay
$75,679.00

Allstate
CEO pay (millions) $18.8
Company ratio
230 to 1
Median Employee pay
$81,573.00

Discover
CEO pay (millions) $10.3
Company ratio
213 to 1
Median Employee pay
$48,155.00

Boeing
CEO pay (millions) $12.4 
pending substantial increase within executive office fleet orders. 
Company ratio
166 to 1
Median Employee pay
$111,204.00

AbbVie
CEO pay (millions) $22.6
Company ratio
144 to 1
Median Employee pay
$157,347.00

Exelon
CEO pay (millions) $14.9
Company ratio
127 to 1
Median Employee pay
$117.176.00

United Airlines
CEO pay (millions) $9.6
Company ratio
115 to 1
Median Employee pay
$83,122.00

US Foods
CEO pay (millions) $8.1
Company ratio
113 to 1
Median Employee pay
$72, 142.00

WW Grainger
CEO pay (millions) $7.2
Company ratio
113 to 1
Median Employee pay
$63,577.00

Kraft Heinz
CEO pay (millions) $4.2
Company ratio
91 to 1
Median Employee pay
$46,006.00

McDonald's
CEO pay (millions) $21.8
Company Part time ratio
3,101 to 1
Median Employee pay
$7,017.00




Saturday, April 21, 2018

Make the effort to find out how magnificent God really is. Discovery is a rewarding experience.

Scripture teaches that we will be finally saved only if we "continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel" (Colossians 1:23NKJV).

James urges us to "lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves" (James 1:21-22, NKJV).

The dictionary defines character as "moral excellence and firmness." 

The highest standard of character is set forth in Scripture and exemplified in Jesus Christ. All who are serious about following Christ are exhorted to attain moral excellence through a life of trusting God and resisting the evil influences that surround us and arise from within us.


Building Godly character is not about "earning" salvation through works. 

We know that salvation is a free gift. 

However, we also know that a person can lose his salvation by what he does or does not do! 

That's where character building comes in. 

When we speak of “building Godly character," we are speaking of the process of growing ever closer to God and relying on Him to assist us in our efforts to resist and avoid those things that would cause us to stumble. We mean strengthening ourselves, with God's help, against the evil influences that would lead us back to a life of sin.


The first tenet of righteous character is to honor God.

Hebrews 12:28-29 states, "Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire." Do we have the fear of God that we should have? Do we fear His condemnation on us? More importantly, do we revere and honor God?

The real problem is that we may know God exists, but we often do not honor Him as we should. Do we really put the First Commandment first in our lives?

Our daily lives in the workplace and in our association with this world will lead us away from God unless we choose to give Him first place. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life are not of the Father, but of this world (1 John 2:16). Profanity, pleasure seeking, and a hedonistic lifestyle are not of God! When our minds are continually on pleasure and things of this world, we are not of the Father!



The daily thought process needed for properly honoring God has to start early in the morning as we ask God Lo help us honor Him in all we do and say. Our morning prayers must be attuned to honoring God. Our evening prayers should be occasions to ask for forgiveness and to praise God for all that He allows us to have. Would any man want to criticize his future wife? Would any woman want to talk mean spiritedly about her future husband? Of course not! We should feel the same way about God and the use of His name.

It takes thought, and we have to reinforce our thoughts daily to absolutely honor God in the way that He expects from us. Remember, "Our God is a consuming fire" (Hebrews 12:29)! We owe Him everything! We should honor God with all our substance—with our tithes and offerings. "It is God who gives us the power to get wealth" (Deuteronomy 8:18). So, if we want to have Godly character, we have to honor God in every facet of our lives.

{Spare us from negative Politico media ads!} 
{Stop taunting us with unrealistic agendas!}
{But Do Tell us about your Character?}


Don't tell us about what is wrong with the other guy, tell us about what is best to lead America?

Tell us why you are the best person to lead America? 

Tell us how you will reverse the outmigration of people? 

Tell us how you will fix the Unfair Tax System that has been so favorable over decades to wealthy people like self while hurting the little guy?

Tell is what you will do for factory towns across the states that have redundantly seen good jobs disappear, even when tax credit invested, jobs are still shipped overseas for purposes of larger profits in no regard of own nation? 

Tell us what you will do about people living with violence every day? 

Tell us what you will do to make education more equitable? 

Tell us what you will do to make sure everyone has health care and can afford a home? 

Tell us what you will do to reform the pension system in order to protect both taxpayers and retirees? 


Remember that God rewards those who diligently seek Him. God really wants us to find Him, discover who He is, and learn what His plan is all about. This can be called the "eureka phenomenon." Ben Franklin may have shouted "Eureka!" at his discovery of electricity with his kite-and-key experiment; the experience of discovering God and His plan for us evokes a similar response. There is no greater satisfaction than to diligently search for something and then find it. God wants us to experience just that feeling of contentment in finding Him and trusting Him to be there for us whenever we need help or encouragement.

This means that the believer must realize that God “allows" us to get our wealth. We certainly get the education and go to work everyday, but it is God who gives us the power to do what we do. We have to make a conscious effort to remember God and His intervention on our behalf. We only see this physical world and the books we read, the buildings we work in, and the money derived from our labor. God is, in a sense, in the background. We have the duty to bring Him to the forefront and give Him the acknowledgement He deserves.


Saturday, April 7, 2018

Clearly, only the naive would believe that today’s government fights a total war against all of it's internal corruptions.

AT ITS height, the Roman Empire was the greatest human administration the world had ever seen. Roman legislation was so effective that it is still the basis of the legal code of many countries. 
Despite Rome’s achievements, however, her legions were unable to conquer one insidious enemy: corruption. Finally, corruption hastened Rome’s downfall.


Felix, one of the most corrupt governors of his day brother Pallas was one of the richest men of the ancient world, and his wealth​—calculated at $45 million—​was accumulated almost entirely by bribery and extortion. His fortune, however, pales into insignificance when compared with the billions of dollars some corrupt 20th-century rulers have hidden away in secret bank accounts. 


Since corruption has remained entrenched for so long, must we assume that it is just part of human nature? 
Or,
Can something be done to curb corruption?


The obvious first step in curbing corruption is to recognize that corruption is destructive and wrong, since it benefits the unscrupulous to the detriment of others. 
Eliminating corruption across the board requires a second, much more difficult step: a change of heart or, rather, a change of many hearts. People everywhere must learn to hate bribery and corruption. Only then will graft disappear. To this end, government should “encourage a general sense of civic virtue and it support toward the inject for a ‘seed of integrity into the workplace.

The fight against corruption is a moral one that cannot be won by legislation alone or by “the sword” of legal penalties.

(Romans 13:4, 5) Seeds of virtue and integrity have to be sown in people’s hearts. This can best be achieved by use of what the apostle Paul described as “the sword of the spirit,” God’s Word, the Bible.​—Ephesians 6:17.

The Bible Condemns Corruption.

Why did Paul refuse to condone corruption? Because he wanted to do the will of God, “who treats none with partiality nor accepts a bribe.” (Deuteronomy 10:17) Moreover, Paul doubtless remembered the specific instruction found in the Law of Moses: “You must not be partial or accept a bribe, for the bribe blinds the eyes of wise ones and distorts the words of righteous ones.” (Deuteronomy 16:19) King David likewise understood that Jehovah hates corruption, and he requested that God not count him among the sinners, “whose right hand is full of bribery.”​—Psalm 26:10.
Those who sincerely worship God have additional reasons for rejecting corruption. 
“By justice a king gives a country stability,” wrote Solomon, “but one who is greedy for bribes tears it down.” (Proverbs 29:4New International Version) Justice​—especially when practiced from the highest official down—​brings stability, whereas corruption impoverishes a country. Interestingly, Newsweek pointed out: “In a system where everyone wants a piece of the corruption pie and knows how to get it, economies can simply implode.”
Even when economies do not collapse completely, lovers of justice feel frustrated when corruption flourishes unchecked. (Psalm 73:3, 13) Our Creator, the one who gave us our inherent desire for justice, is also wronged. In the past, Jehovah has intervened to stamp out blatant corruption. For example, he bluntly told the inhabitants of Jerusalem why he would abandon them to their enemies.
Through his prophet Micah, God said: “Hear, please, this, you head ones of the house of Jacob and you commanders of the house of Israel, the ones detesting justice and the ones who make even everything that is straight crooked. Her own head ones judge merely for a bribe, and her own priests instruct just for a price, and her own prophets practice divination simply for money . . . Therefore on account of you men Zion will be plowed up as a mere field, and Jerusalem herself will become mere heaps of ruins.” Corruption had devastated society in Israel, just as it corroded Rome centuries later. True to God’s warning, about a century after Micah wrote those words, Jerusalem was destroyed and abandoned.​—Micah 3:9, 11, 12.
No man or nation, however, needs to be corrupt. God encourages the wicked to leave their way of life and change their way of thinking. (Isaiah 55:7) He wants each and every one of us to replace greed with unselfishness and corruption with righteousness. “He that is defrauding the lowly one has reproached his Maker, but the one showing favor to the poor one is glorifying Him,” ​—Proverbs 14:31.

What can move a person to make such a change?
The same force that moved Paul to renounce the life of a Pharisee to become a stalwart follower of Jesus Christ. “The word of God is alive and exerts power,” he wrote. (Hebrews 4:12) Today, Scriptural truth still promotes honesty, even among those who have been deeply involved in corruption.

Where loyalty rarely exists among those whose living depends on corruption, Passages power even today can still convince those who lead a criminal life that they have no real future, so why not just simply transform and put away falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, as members under God belonging to one another. Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him do hard work, doing with his hands what is good work, that he may have something to distribute to someone in need.” 
(Ephesians 4:22-25, 28) The very future of mankind depends on such transformations along with truths realizations that materialistic life-styles with all its expensive trappings are at best just houses of cards waiting to collapse at any moment. 

Left unchecked, greed and corruption can ruin generations , just as they contributed to the ruin of the Roman Empire. 

True, it may not be easy to live by honest standards today. Nevertheless, in the long run, “a greedy man brings trouble to his family, but he who hates bribes will live.”* (Proverbs 15:27NIV

By renouncing corruption now, we show our sincerity when we pray to God: “Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth.”​—Matthew 6:10.


Each one of us can now ‘sow seed in righteousness’ 
by refusing to condone practices of corruption. 

 If we do so, lives will have testified to the power of the inspired Word of God. 

The sword of the spirit can conquer corruption.