This is the end... My only friend, the end. Thanks, Jim Morrison.
In the first part I talked about taxes. More to the point on how the system is rigged for the wealthy to remain such and the poor to do the same. The rich are at the top of the heap... And they won't be happy until they have more. Well, until others are unable to attain the level they have amassed.
In the second part I waxed philosophically about the redistribution of wealth and concluded it will come about in a none too peaceful manner. Sooner, rather than later.
In the third part, I discussed the minimum wage debate. Ramifications of raising it will make the corporations, whose dime is earned on the backs of wage-slaves, make the choice of taking a hit on the bottom line, or making you and I pay for it. Noooo, that won't cause resentment directed towards some high school burger flipper.
In the third part, I mentioned crime. Kids today are inundated with images and depictions of people living the good life in "reality TV" (Which is not reality. Barely TV). The see someone young musician douche who is in the big house, has the fancy rides, and a nonstop party going on all around them.
For the benefit of argument, lets say this entertainer actually plays a musical instrument. His/Her ability is the sole reason for his/her success. They did not inherit his celebrity, like the Kardashian clan of worthlessness. He/She (No, not a Justin Bieber slam) did not have a sex tape stolen/leaked on purpose (again, like a Kardashian). No, they have actual talent.
What kids are NOT being shown is the YEARS, almost DECADES that person put into honing their craft. They played until their fingers bled. They practiced until they could not see straight. Then they practiced more. They fell asleep with the instrument in their hands.
The kids viewing the musician are not shown the many, many rejections and failures dished out. The barrage of "Your good, but not good enough" being accepted as a challenge, rather than a defeat. These parts are not paid attention to and glossed over.
Instant gratification is the name of the game for the youth. "Work Hard! Save Money! Someday you too can have it all!" is a mantra lost on them.
So, back to crime... Kids in no win situations... Surrounded by crime and the easy dollar. Seeing that crime DOES pay, along with a "Not gonna live forever" mentality, multiplied by the "I want it NOW because everyone else is rich and famous!" quotient... And you have the recipe for a criminal... Now, not all kids are like this, granted... But you see what I am saying.
So, young criminal gets busted. Felony charge. Loses their right to what?
Vote!
Looking at prison population statistics, it is clear that certain demographics get imprisoned at a higher rate. One could argue that it is because they committed the crime and got sentenced for it. True... But they can't afford a lawyer like Ethan Couch. Kid kills four and gets PROBATION? If you or I did that, Buh Bye. Jail time! If a African American killed 4 white people while drunk driving? IN TEXAS?
The justice system is skewed in favor of people of means (Not race, but means, which does usually translates to the ol' caucazoid!)... Comedian, and part time Prophet, Dave Chappelle did a nice skit once... A sort of "What if" on how it would look like if a drug dealer was treated like a CEO and a CEO was treated like a drug dealer. Way worth your time... Click here. Thank me later.
So, no justice. No means to enact change. Nothing being done by ANYONE to remedy the situation. Haves vs. have nots. You have rich, nay, filthy rich people comparing their "persecution" to the Jews in Nazi Germany. I can't make this stuff up! Mr. Perkins, if you want sympathy, look between shit and syphilis in the dictionary. You are not going to find it here.
As a writer once reminisced, "We waged war on poverty, not poor people." I submit to you that Class Warfare has already started. The first shots were fired a long, long time ago.
Was not born with enough middle fingers and I am pleading the fiz-ifth,
d
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Thursday, March 6, 2014
Monday, March 3, 2014
Class Warfare, Tres Hombres
Third part, and then a summary... Then it is back to some more lighthearted fare... Promise.
Minimum Wage
The big kerfuffle over raising the minimum wage baffles me. Congress will have no problem voting themselves an increase in pay, but to hell with that guy or gal who actually does their job. Congress had it's least productive year on record in 2013... 10% approval rating, 90% incumbency rate... I am telling you, vote knowing that.
The reasons against minimum wage? Well, they are kind of easy to list and just as easy to dismiss.
1) It will raise the cost of everything served by minimum wage workers!
So, your burger and fries will cost more? Call it a sin tax. And for the record, it will not be pimply faced teen raising the prices. No, that would be the Corporations. They would rather make you pay more for the stuff that will kill you vs. taking a minuscule dip on the bottom line of profits.
2) It would make people not want to progress further than a minimum wage job!
The people making this argument are the same who think that EVERYONE on welfare wants to stay there. These same people say, "GO GET A JOB!". So the person gets a job and still can't earn a living wage. Hell, they can't earn a surviving wage. And the glory of minimum wage employment... I have done it... My high school and college years were filled with "Process of Elimination Jobs". I learned I do not want to be a dishwasher, work in food service, be a dietary manager, nor a lumber yard worker... and Blockbuster doesn't exist anymore. Speaking of which...
3) "Back in my day..."
Who cares? Back in most people in Congress' day, a burger, fries, chocolate shake, tank of gas, four new tires, a snowmobile, and blowjob from that one hooker with the funky eye, had a lisp, calls everyone "Thurger", cost a nickel. Total.
Welcome to 2014. A "snack" sized bag of Doritos costs more then an entire meal use to. All one has to do to be outraged is look at how the food has gotten smaller, and the prices have never reduced. A Whopper from Burger King was a sort of graduation... You were a MAN when you saddled up to one of those bastards... And the BK in Duncanville, Texas on Cockrell Hill used to have them for .99 cents on Sundays. Not a "Jr. Whopper" mind you. No, full size, dinner plate encompassing monster. Great... Now I have a craving...
4) We should just abolish the minimum wage altogether!
Sure, we had that once. Was called slavery. And shit got super jacked up over it. Something tells me someone who says this will have a Southern accent, IQ equal to number of teeth multiplied by 3. I also envision tobacco juice stains on a wife beater and a mullet.
The reasons for an increase to the minimum wage?
1) People could live a tad better.
I know a lot of opponents to the raise could not care less how the other half lives, but if you have a soul, it is not to hard to understand that it would help.
2) It might entice people to stop sucking off the Government teet and get that job.
What is the incentive for a person to get off the dole? "Oh, so I can take shit all day and get paid crap on top of that? Where, oh where, do I sign???"
3) Crime.
This is a stretch, I grant you... But much like the previous point, maybe if there was an incentive to counter the illegal life... Probably not, but I would be willing to give it a go. Crime figures into the whole class warfare scenario, but that will be in the summation.
There are some companies who get it. Costco treats their people an assload better then Wal-Mart does. If I were to ever need five pounds of Mayo, I would go there before I go to Sam's Club.
In N' Out Burger pays their people more. They also have more stringent hiring policies. The places are super clean*, the staff attentive and helpful, always busy doing something. They have pride and it shines through. And for the record... Double Double, Animal Style, Protein Style, Cut in Half. Respek! Booyakasha!
Both proponents and opponents will bend and molest the statistics on the economics of it... Statistician's creed: "Numbers do not lie, but I can make them dance to any tune you want them to, if the money is right."
I really have no problem with raising the minimum wage. I think 15 bucks is a tad high. I LOVE the fairly elected President's plan of circumnavigating the constipation that is the Republican party. He set, by Executive Order**, the minimum wage of Government contract jobs at $10.10. That is a number I can live with. I personally think $11.11 would be better, but I am biased as that is my birthday.
Yes, the Republican Party - Blockage of compacted fecal matter, causing discomfort.
On that shockingly accurate description, I part with this little tidbit of wisdom... Don't you want the guy in charge of your food to be a happy camper?
Spitting on the burger of society,
d
* - When the 2nd ever In N' Out was set to be demolished, a guy went in and was blown away. He went in two days before it was set to close and everything was still impeccably clean and standards excelled at.
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Minimum Wage
The big kerfuffle over raising the minimum wage baffles me. Congress will have no problem voting themselves an increase in pay, but to hell with that guy or gal who actually does their job. Congress had it's least productive year on record in 2013... 10% approval rating, 90% incumbency rate... I am telling you, vote knowing that.
The reasons against minimum wage? Well, they are kind of easy to list and just as easy to dismiss.
1) It will raise the cost of everything served by minimum wage workers!
So, your burger and fries will cost more? Call it a sin tax. And for the record, it will not be pimply faced teen raising the prices. No, that would be the Corporations. They would rather make you pay more for the stuff that will kill you vs. taking a minuscule dip on the bottom line of profits.
2) It would make people not want to progress further than a minimum wage job!
The people making this argument are the same who think that EVERYONE on welfare wants to stay there. These same people say, "GO GET A JOB!". So the person gets a job and still can't earn a living wage. Hell, they can't earn a surviving wage. And the glory of minimum wage employment... I have done it... My high school and college years were filled with "Process of Elimination Jobs". I learned I do not want to be a dishwasher, work in food service, be a dietary manager, nor a lumber yard worker... and Blockbuster doesn't exist anymore. Speaking of which...
3) "Back in my day..."
Who cares? Back in most people in Congress' day, a burger, fries, chocolate shake, tank of gas, four new tires, a snowmobile, and blowjob from that one hooker with the funky eye, had a lisp, calls everyone "Thurger", cost a nickel. Total.
Welcome to 2014. A "snack" sized bag of Doritos costs more then an entire meal use to. All one has to do to be outraged is look at how the food has gotten smaller, and the prices have never reduced. A Whopper from Burger King was a sort of graduation... You were a MAN when you saddled up to one of those bastards... And the BK in Duncanville, Texas on Cockrell Hill used to have them for .99 cents on Sundays. Not a "Jr. Whopper" mind you. No, full size, dinner plate encompassing monster. Great... Now I have a craving...
4) We should just abolish the minimum wage altogether!
Sure, we had that once. Was called slavery. And shit got super jacked up over it. Something tells me someone who says this will have a Southern accent, IQ equal to number of teeth multiplied by 3. I also envision tobacco juice stains on a wife beater and a mullet.
The reasons for an increase to the minimum wage?
1) People could live a tad better.
I know a lot of opponents to the raise could not care less how the other half lives, but if you have a soul, it is not to hard to understand that it would help.
2) It might entice people to stop sucking off the Government teet and get that job.
What is the incentive for a person to get off the dole? "Oh, so I can take shit all day and get paid crap on top of that? Where, oh where, do I sign???"
3) Crime.
This is a stretch, I grant you... But much like the previous point, maybe if there was an incentive to counter the illegal life... Probably not, but I would be willing to give it a go. Crime figures into the whole class warfare scenario, but that will be in the summation.
There are some companies who get it. Costco treats their people an assload better then Wal-Mart does. If I were to ever need five pounds of Mayo, I would go there before I go to Sam's Club.
In N' Out Burger pays their people more. They also have more stringent hiring policies. The places are super clean*, the staff attentive and helpful, always busy doing something. They have pride and it shines through. And for the record... Double Double, Animal Style, Protein Style, Cut in Half. Respek! Booyakasha!
Both proponents and opponents will bend and molest the statistics on the economics of it... Statistician's creed: "Numbers do not lie, but I can make them dance to any tune you want them to, if the money is right."
I really have no problem with raising the minimum wage. I think 15 bucks is a tad high. I LOVE the fairly elected President's plan of circumnavigating the constipation that is the Republican party. He set, by Executive Order**, the minimum wage of Government contract jobs at $10.10. That is a number I can live with. I personally think $11.11 would be better, but I am biased as that is my birthday.
Yes, the Republican Party - Blockage of compacted fecal matter, causing discomfort.
On that shockingly accurate description, I part with this little tidbit of wisdom... Don't you want the guy in charge of your food to be a happy camper?
Spitting on the burger of society,
d
* - When the 2nd ever In N' Out was set to be demolished, a guy went in and was blown away. He went in two days before it was set to close and everything was still impeccably clean and standards excelled at.
** - Obama has issued 168 thus far... The Retarded Cowboy, Bush Jr. did 173... IN HIS FIRST TERM! So, keep the "abuse of power" speeches to a duct taped murmur.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Class Warfare, The Second Coming...
Second of the four parts...
Redistribution of Wealth.
So, do I want to punish success? No. Do I want to stifle the "Job Creators"? You'd have to point those people out to me, because I missed 'em. More on those non-existent types further down...
I do not want to punish those who are successful. I do not want to damage the already fragile economic recovery. That being said, the richie rich types need to start paying their fair share. The tax code, and generally everything else, is rigged in their favor. Sadly, I can't afford a politician to legislate on my behalf. Sounds a little like taxation without representation, eh???
After much research (All hail the Google), the general consensus is that 1% of the population in the world, controls 50% of the wealth. That leaves half to get spread around to the rest of us... 7,000,000 to 6,993,000,000... Let that sink in. Read it again... Better yet...
Try this on for size... Say you, and 6,999 others are in a football stadium... Say there is $10,000 of cash in the middle of the field... SEVEN of the group go down and claim half .... $5,000 between them, and the rest is divided between 6,992 of us... Seems like there is not enough to go around, eh? On that scale, I am pretty sure seven people are getting jacked.
And yes, I know some of the 6,992 are a-holes who like to start trouble where that isn't any, and we all agree that they should not get any because they will just waste it, but you get the drift!
"Job Creators"... The biggest crock of shit dished out since Reagan had everyone believing there was a "Welfare Queen in Chicago"... Bush Jr. gave the wealthy hellacious tax breaks... and we were hemorrhaging jobs in the six digits for a while... Where were the "Job Creators" then? They were collecting bonuses for shipping jobs overseas...
"Oh, okay.... the companies didn't flee because of the taxes, they fled because of the regulations!"
Sure... That was their choice. Rick Perry, governor and Head Boob of Texas, got radio spots in major cities around 'Murica, spouting "C'mon on down to Texas, we won't regulate you!" This was in the same month that a small Texas town was all but obliterated off the map.
The fertilizer plant was storing something like ten times the amount they were "regulated" for... Perry doubled down on the fact that he was proud of the way Texas duz bizniz!
Texas did have more job growth during the recession then other states... That is true... Little side note: It was 80-90% minimum wage jobs... Hooray, one of the unhealthiest states got more McDonalds!!!
When I say redistribution of the wealth, I am talking about people giving back. Being patriots. Helping out their fellow Americans, who ARE trying to get back on their feet. I am all for people pulling themselves up by the bootstraps. Some need the fucking boots!
There are people, born into situations beyond their control. It isolates them from a level of interaction and normalcy, that we take for granted. These poor, rich bastards...
They will never understand or have comprehension of "want" or "need"... They will never "get" being poor... They believe in their heart of hearts, people choose hardship. People who are not rich just didn't work hard enough... And of course it must be drugs... ALL POOR PEOPLE ARE ON DRUGS!!! But keep it down, Mummy's Valium is about to kick in and she shan't be disturbed!
But what about philanthropy? Well, I am not against it. I am realistic enough to see it as a tax dodge for the most part, though. You want to impress me, Daddy Warbucks? Donate to a charity, but leave it off your tax forms. Show me that and I will tip my cap to thee!
The prime benefit of a little redistribution is that public services/programs would get the help (funding) they desperately need.
"Oh, so you are for big government!"
No... I just know the Republican playbook... If a program that is pro-Citizen, yet hurts the Corpo-Overlords even remotely, is passed... Step 1) Starve it. There is no Step 2. After they slash funding to a program enough that there is no way it can run effectively, the Republicans love to scream "THIS PROGRAM COSTS ALL THIS MONEY AND IT DOES NOT WORK!".
I have talked to welfare case officers whose case loads were such that they have no time to look into claims or the people making said claims... They are told to rubber stamp the claims and keep it moving. The solution? Add more case workers... get the system running more efficiently... ***screeeeech***
"LOOK!!!! GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON PROGRAMS THAT DON'T WORK!!! WASTE!!!"
My friend and I at work have gone round and round about this... He likes to do the hypothetical "If you ran a company...". And I make mention to him that if he, or I, ran a company, we would help out our employees. This is because we know what it is like to struggle. To work. To worry about bills. If our company did well, everyone in our company would do well.
I firmly believe that after WWII, the men who came back and made companies, founded corporations, had a kinship with the workforce. There was a good chance, they chewed the same dirt while dodging the same German bullets on the same European beaches. These titans of industry took care of their workforce.
Then the offspring took over. Their wages have yet to see a decrease. The rest of us... While not a decrease per se, far overshadowed by the 1%'ers upward trend... For example... from Mother Jones,
I have oft heard that behind every empire, there is a crime. Prescott Bush, grandaddy of the Retard Cowboy, got an assload of money for helping the National Socialist Party gain control of Germany. They went by another name... Nazis. That is just an example. I do so love slamming that shameful excuse for a human. THE BUSH FAMILY GOT THEIR MONEY FROM HELPING HITLER!!!!
There will come a reckoning. Someday, someone will be pushed too far. It could be a guy who has done right all his life. Paid his bills. Paid his taxes. Played by the rules. Tried to help his fellow man. Then maybe his wife and daughter are killed by a kid driving drunk... So, this kid gets probation and rehab... This kid will serve ZERO jail time because he was rich and "never told no"... This is because of the kid's wealth.
This is another reason why the redistribution of wealth will happen. And more and more, I am thinking it will come with a heavy dose of violence.
Like Burke in "Aliens"... As a matter of fact - The main bad guys in any Cameron film... It is not a Terminator, nor a Xenomorph, nor an iceberg, nor a deranged, scene stealing Stephen Lang in a exosuit - No, it is always a rich guy or corporation pulling the strings...
Founding Member of the Gloominati,
d
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Redistribution of Wealth.
So, do I want to punish success? No. Do I want to stifle the "Job Creators"? You'd have to point those people out to me, because I missed 'em. More on those non-existent types further down...
I do not want to punish those who are successful. I do not want to damage the already fragile economic recovery. That being said, the richie rich types need to start paying their fair share. The tax code, and generally everything else, is rigged in their favor. Sadly, I can't afford a politician to legislate on my behalf. Sounds a little like taxation without representation, eh???
After much research (All hail the Google), the general consensus is that 1% of the population in the world, controls 50% of the wealth. That leaves half to get spread around to the rest of us... 7,000,000 to 6,993,000,000... Let that sink in. Read it again... Better yet...
Try this on for size... Say you, and 6,999 others are in a football stadium... Say there is $10,000 of cash in the middle of the field... SEVEN of the group go down and claim half .... $5,000 between them, and the rest is divided between 6,992 of us... Seems like there is not enough to go around, eh? On that scale, I am pretty sure seven people are getting jacked.
And yes, I know some of the 6,992 are a-holes who like to start trouble where that isn't any, and we all agree that they should not get any because they will just waste it, but you get the drift!
"Job Creators"... The biggest crock of shit dished out since Reagan had everyone believing there was a "Welfare Queen in Chicago"... Bush Jr. gave the wealthy hellacious tax breaks... and we were hemorrhaging jobs in the six digits for a while... Where were the "Job Creators" then? They were collecting bonuses for shipping jobs overseas...
"Oh, okay.... the companies didn't flee because of the taxes, they fled because of the regulations!"
Sure... That was their choice. Rick Perry, governor and Head Boob of Texas, got radio spots in major cities around 'Murica, spouting "C'mon on down to Texas, we won't regulate you!" This was in the same month that a small Texas town was all but obliterated off the map.
The fertilizer plant was storing something like ten times the amount they were "regulated" for... Perry doubled down on the fact that he was proud of the way Texas duz bizniz!
Texas did have more job growth during the recession then other states... That is true... Little side note: It was 80-90% minimum wage jobs... Hooray, one of the unhealthiest states got more McDonalds!!!
When I say redistribution of the wealth, I am talking about people giving back. Being patriots. Helping out their fellow Americans, who ARE trying to get back on their feet. I am all for people pulling themselves up by the bootstraps. Some need the fucking boots!
There are people, born into situations beyond their control. It isolates them from a level of interaction and normalcy, that we take for granted. These poor, rich bastards...
They will never understand or have comprehension of "want" or "need"... They will never "get" being poor... They believe in their heart of hearts, people choose hardship. People who are not rich just didn't work hard enough... And of course it must be drugs... ALL POOR PEOPLE ARE ON DRUGS!!! But keep it down, Mummy's Valium is about to kick in and she shan't be disturbed!
But what about philanthropy? Well, I am not against it. I am realistic enough to see it as a tax dodge for the most part, though. You want to impress me, Daddy Warbucks? Donate to a charity, but leave it off your tax forms. Show me that and I will tip my cap to thee!
The prime benefit of a little redistribution is that public services/programs would get the help (funding) they desperately need.
"Oh, so you are for big government!"
No... I just know the Republican playbook... If a program that is pro-Citizen, yet hurts the Corpo-Overlords even remotely, is passed... Step 1) Starve it. There is no Step 2. After they slash funding to a program enough that there is no way it can run effectively, the Republicans love to scream "THIS PROGRAM COSTS ALL THIS MONEY AND IT DOES NOT WORK!".
I have talked to welfare case officers whose case loads were such that they have no time to look into claims or the people making said claims... They are told to rubber stamp the claims and keep it moving. The solution? Add more case workers... get the system running more efficiently... ***screeeeech***
"LOOK!!!! GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON PROGRAMS THAT DON'T WORK!!! WASTE!!!"
My friend and I at work have gone round and round about this... He likes to do the hypothetical "If you ran a company...". And I make mention to him that if he, or I, ran a company, we would help out our employees. This is because we know what it is like to struggle. To work. To worry about bills. If our company did well, everyone in our company would do well.
I firmly believe that after WWII, the men who came back and made companies, founded corporations, had a kinship with the workforce. There was a good chance, they chewed the same dirt while dodging the same German bullets on the same European beaches. These titans of industry took care of their workforce.
Then the offspring took over. Their wages have yet to see a decrease. The rest of us... While not a decrease per se, far overshadowed by the 1%'ers upward trend... For example... from Mother Jones,
I have oft heard that behind every empire, there is a crime. Prescott Bush, grandaddy of the Retard Cowboy, got an assload of money for helping the National Socialist Party gain control of Germany. They went by another name... Nazis. That is just an example. I do so love slamming that shameful excuse for a human. THE BUSH FAMILY GOT THEIR MONEY FROM HELPING HITLER!!!!
There will come a reckoning. Someday, someone will be pushed too far. It could be a guy who has done right all his life. Paid his bills. Paid his taxes. Played by the rules. Tried to help his fellow man. Then maybe his wife and daughter are killed by a kid driving drunk... So, this kid gets probation and rehab... This kid will serve ZERO jail time because he was rich and "never told no"... This is because of the kid's wealth.
This is another reason why the redistribution of wealth will happen. And more and more, I am thinking it will come with a heavy dose of violence.
Like Burke in "Aliens"... As a matter of fact - The main bad guys in any Cameron film... It is not a Terminator, nor a Xenomorph, nor an iceberg, nor a deranged, scene stealing Stephen Lang in a exosuit - No, it is always a rich guy or corporation pulling the strings...
Founding Member of the Gloominati,
d
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Class Warfare, Part the First
There are a couple of points but they all kinda lead back to the title... I said "kinda"...
Taxes
'Tis the time of the year where people will have a thing or two to say about taxes. I was always a fan of the guy who bellows "I don't want my taxes going to some guy peeing on a crucifix and calling it art." Well, I sure as dern tootin' did not want my taxes going to "Faith Based Initiatives", started by the Retarded Cowboy.
Speaking of which... If you are a religious organization and you are advising on, or trying to sway policy... You are no longer a religious organization. The Mormon Church spent tens of MILLIONS trying to get Prop 8 in California killed... Paid zero taxes. PREACH THAT INEQUALITY! Another shining example... We can either prosecute pedophile priests under our countries laws, or the Catholic Church needs to shell out some major dead presidents EVERY Sunday. RAPING YOUR KIDS!
You will all be familiar with the YouTube junkie of the family who will, without fail, bring up the point that in 1932 or somewhere taxes were ruled unconstitutional and you don't really have to pay them. I usually say something like, "Well, when the Nazi Aliens get done dry humping JFK's cranial wound, I will tell Uncle Sam to stick it."
Taxes are your price of admission. It is the cost of living - in our country. If you pay taxes, and don't vote, well... I am sorry, but you deserve all that you get and you have ZERO room to bitch. While I understand that my vote may not count, it is my golden ticket to Bitch-N-Moan-Ville.
You want to support the troops? Pay your taxes and vote for the guy who does not want to get them killed. Pay your taxes and at least vote for the guy who wants to fund the VA.
I honestly stomach the whole tax thing by thinking I am sponsoring my Dad's retirement. He did 28 some odd years of government service. When certain political types talk about the "Entitlement Class", they are talking about my Dad. They see people like my Dad as a drain on the economy. My Dad told me once, "I worked all those years and was promised this. It is called an entitlement because I am fucking entitled to it. Those assholes better quit threatening to jack with it." Love my Dad.
$246.75 for Defense
$4000 for Corporate Subsidies.
Are you sure you are mad at the right people?
Now, when Republicans talk about "tax reform", you know they was to get the six bucks and change for Welfare under four dollars. Probably try and get Medicare under two hundred... I am not against tax reform. It will never happen because the corporations have bought your politician. Yes, yours too.
I want term limits on politicians. Make it a tad more cost prohibitive to buy a politician. Oooh, maybe corporations would have to hold a draft, like the NFL...
"The Gentleman from the Great State of Arkansas goes to.... PFIZER!"
"Well, Bob, Pfizer has got to be happy with this pick. You would think that Arkansas would go higher in the draft, but since he can be bought for two toothless pygmy goats and a bucket of lube, Pfizer got him for a steal."
"You are right, Neil. Wait... We just got word that Blue Cross Blue Shield has traded up... And they are going with... WOW, The Big Blue has added to their sweep of the Southeast... the New Representative from Florida is all theirs! We predicted he might have gotten sweet talked by the AARP... But no siree! Old people just can't compete with Big Blue's Bank!!!"
By the way... This is already happening, but they have the decency to do it behind closed doors and without the commentators.
Sweet dreams, kids,
d
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Taxes
'Tis the time of the year where people will have a thing or two to say about taxes. I was always a fan of the guy who bellows "I don't want my taxes going to some guy peeing on a crucifix and calling it art." Well, I sure as dern tootin' did not want my taxes going to "Faith Based Initiatives", started by the Retarded Cowboy.
Speaking of which... If you are a religious organization and you are advising on, or trying to sway policy... You are no longer a religious organization. The Mormon Church spent tens of MILLIONS trying to get Prop 8 in California killed... Paid zero taxes. PREACH THAT INEQUALITY! Another shining example... We can either prosecute pedophile priests under our countries laws, or the Catholic Church needs to shell out some major dead presidents EVERY Sunday. RAPING YOUR KIDS!
You will all be familiar with the YouTube junkie of the family who will, without fail, bring up the point that in 1932 or somewhere taxes were ruled unconstitutional and you don't really have to pay them. I usually say something like, "Well, when the Nazi Aliens get done dry humping JFK's cranial wound, I will tell Uncle Sam to stick it."
Taxes are your price of admission. It is the cost of living - in our country. If you pay taxes, and don't vote, well... I am sorry, but you deserve all that you get and you have ZERO room to bitch. While I understand that my vote may not count, it is my golden ticket to Bitch-N-Moan-Ville.
You want to support the troops? Pay your taxes and vote for the guy who does not want to get them killed. Pay your taxes and at least vote for the guy who wants to fund the VA.
I honestly stomach the whole tax thing by thinking I am sponsoring my Dad's retirement. He did 28 some odd years of government service. When certain political types talk about the "Entitlement Class", they are talking about my Dad. They see people like my Dad as a drain on the economy. My Dad told me once, "I worked all those years and was promised this. It is called an entitlement because I am fucking entitled to it. Those assholes better quit threatening to jack with it." Love my Dad.
Maybe you have seen the image on Facebook, where it breaks down where your taxes go... If you make $50K a year...
$3.98 for Natural Disaster Relief
$6.36 for Welfare
$22.88 for Unemployment Insurance
$36.82 for Food Stamps (SNAP)
$43.78 for Retirement and Disability payments
$235.81 for YOUR Medicare$246.75 for Defense
$4000 for Corporate Subsidies.
Are you sure you are mad at the right people?
Now, when Republicans talk about "tax reform", you know they was to get the six bucks and change for Welfare under four dollars. Probably try and get Medicare under two hundred... I am not against tax reform. It will never happen because the corporations have bought your politician. Yes, yours too.
I want term limits on politicians. Make it a tad more cost prohibitive to buy a politician. Oooh, maybe corporations would have to hold a draft, like the NFL...
"The Gentleman from the Great State of Arkansas goes to.... PFIZER!"
"Well, Bob, Pfizer has got to be happy with this pick. You would think that Arkansas would go higher in the draft, but since he can be bought for two toothless pygmy goats and a bucket of lube, Pfizer got him for a steal."
"You are right, Neil. Wait... We just got word that Blue Cross Blue Shield has traded up... And they are going with... WOW, The Big Blue has added to their sweep of the Southeast... the New Representative from Florida is all theirs! We predicted he might have gotten sweet talked by the AARP... But no siree! Old people just can't compete with Big Blue's Bank!!!"
By the way... This is already happening, but they have the decency to do it behind closed doors and without the commentators.
Sweet dreams, kids,
d
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