ONE OF THE BEST LETTERS YOU'LL EVER READ!!!!
I couldn't have said it better myself.
LONG BUT A VERY GOOD READ
This letter was written by a man in East Texas as an
open letter to Senator Obama.
He really does exist and says
anyone can email his letter around, just don't change it.
If you know someone who holds to the theory that the rich have life easy
and need to be taxed more send it to them.
This man tells it like it is!
Mr.
Obama,
Given the uproar about the simple question
asked you by Joe the plumber, and the persecution that has
been heaped on him because he dared to question you, I find
myself motivated to say a few things to you myself.
While Joe aspires to start a business someday, I already have
started not one, but 4 businesses.
But first, let me introduce myself.
You can call me "Cory the well driller".
I am a 54 year old high school graduate.
I didn't go to college like you, I was too ready to go "conquer the
world" when I finished high school.
25 years ago at age 29, I started my own water well drilling business at a time
when the economy here in East Texas was in a tailspin from
the crash of the early 80's oil boom.
I didn't get any help from the government, nor
did I look for any.
I borrowed what I could from my sister,
my uncle, and even the pawn shop and managed to scrape
together a homemade drill rig and a few tools to do my first
job.
My businesses did not start as a result of
privilege.
They are the result of my personal drive,
personal ambition, self discipline, self reliance, and a
determination to treat my customers fairly.
From the very start my business provided one other
(than myself) East Texan a full time job.
I couldn't
afford a backhoe the first few years (something every well
drilling business had), so I and my helper had to dig the
mud pits that are necessary for each and every job with hand
shovels.
I had to use my 10 year old, 1/2 ton pickup truck
for my water tank truck (normally a job for at least a 2 ton truck).
A year and a half after I started the
business, I scraped together a 20% down payment to get a
modest bank loan and bought a (28 year) old, worn out,
slightly bigger drilling rig to allow me to drill the deeper
water wells in my area.
I spent the next few years drilling wells with the rig while simultaneously rebuilding it
between jobs.
Through these years I never knew from one month to
the next if I would have any work or be able to pay the bills.
I got behind on my income taxes one year, and spent
the next two years paying that back (with penalty
and interest) while keeping up with ongoing taxes.
I got behind on my water well supply bill 2
different years (way behind the second time... $80,000. 00),
and spent over a year paying it back (each time) while
continuing to pay for ongoing supplies C.O.D.. Of
course, the personal stress endured through these
experiences and years is hard to measure.
I do have a stent in my heart now to memorialize it all.
I spent the next 10 years developing the
reputation for being the most competent and most honest
water well driller in East Texas.
2 years along the way, I hired another full time employee for the drilling business
so that we could provide full time water well pump servi