Many contractors donât know their exact job costs, equipment costs and overhead budget, and consequently, many donât know how much profit they should make on any given job. Without an understanding of your numbers, you will end up busy and broke instead of productive and profitable.
Foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt that was based on the proverb, Speak softly and carry a big stick and you will go far, which advocated that the US engage in diplomacy but also maintain a strong military readiness to back up US goals.
President Roosevelt delivers the Day of Infamy speech to a joint session of Congress on December 8, 1941. Behind him are Vice President Henry Wallace (left) and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. To the right, in uniform in front of Rayburn, is Roosevelt's son James, who escorted his father to the Capitol.