Veterans Should Go In Business!

The American Legion is having a Small Business Expo in Phoenix, I have a strong urge to attend and would like to be present because this would put me in a face to face meeting with people I will have to talk with later. As I consider, I look at the long list of jobs waiting to get on the conveyer to move toward completion. Most of my time is spent trying to locate files that give me a clue as to date and time I went to see a doctor and what did I have an appointment for. And if it was my eye, was it just an infection or a recurring symptom from Korea? . And If it is and infection is it worse because of my eye injury in Korea. Some times I feel like a detective instead of a veteran.
During the last year and six months I have visited many small businesses and talked with the owners, managers, employees and customers about the benefits, rewards, decisions involved in owning and managing a small business. I can recall a phone conversation with a VSO or veteran service office, President, as we talk about veterans and small business ownership, when the VSO President stated “no one is going in business around here but these foreigners.” After we completed the talk, I started to consider why that is the case in many towns, cities and states in this country. One reason, the people new to this country have a source where they can obtain capital that is not available to the average American citizen, because the source is the country of origin and the group of people that identify with them and relate to their desire to achieve the American dream.

I recall one day I spent $50 for gas just driving around the area between West Windsor and East Orange New Jersey, stopping for lunch, buying gas, seeking the direction and asking questions like “why so few people know the directions from one area to the other or one city to the other and being told the same thing, almost, in every town, and that is “I live right down the street and I come to work and go home when I get of work” Or “I moved here and got this job and I have no need to go any place else” This increase in people from foreigner countries are happening with all delivery speed and it is bringing with it, drastic changes for those Americans that travel from place to place by Car, bus, train or in an airplane, because the help you enjoyed in the pass will be missing in the future even if you are willing to pay for it you can still expect less service because the knowledge and know how is not being taught to the new workers. Though, all of this is true, we are still reporting a shortage in the number of veterans owning small businesses and efforts like that of the American Legion and a number of States have ongoing support for the veteran that desire to own his or her business. And that really is good news!