I’m Not Laughing
I was listening to one of the news talk radio shows, as they talked about more spending of dollars, dollars they are forcing us to borrow from our kids, grand kids, etc.
The thing that irked me the most was that the government was spending more money of our tax dollars, you know those stimulus, bank and wall street bailouts, etc. They spoke about what else, spending more tax dollars on teaching our good ‘ol government workers how important “joking” is in the work place!
Well I’m not laughing…
When a stimulus bill of 1 trillion dollars and counting, designed to help me, the over burdened, overworked, got no relief and have no hope of getting any from the rent, mortgage, gasoline, electricity bill, telepone, property tax, sales tax, payroll tax, personal tax, business licensing tax, vehicle registration tax, falling home prices, rising mortgage rates, job loss, rising unemployment, evaporating net worth, a non existent 401K and other investments, etc.
It’s getting awfully difficult to continue breathing when an 800lb (gueralla), the burden mismanaged government, is sitting on my chest, won’t move, can’t convince, reason with or lure IT OFF MY CHEST, out of my pocket, or to get it out of my way and STOP HINDERING US from living our lives.
Green shoots?
The only green shoots, as the “tic’s” in Washington call them are foreclosure signs popping up all over the suburbs of every city, town and state of these United States of America. The number of my fellow citizens who are finding themselves “unemployed”, commercial real estate vacancy signs being issued and posted in windows on every corner. Construction projects stalled, stopped or totally abandoned all due to those wonderful, yes generous banks “who needed our tax paying dollars” to shore them up and protect them from “failure”, who now refuse to work with the “tax paying” companies that help contribute to their survival.
… more shoots!
How about the “homeless” that are also popping up all around town? Honest hardworking, once productive members of our society, who due to the massive debacle of the absolute FAILURE of our “checks and balance” overseer’s in Washington, who failed in their duties to exercise their “publically placed” oversight of the/our Nations business, well-being, i.e., financial and national security, etc., etc.
… MORE SHOOTS OR EMPTY SUITS?
The bonuses and vacations, retreats, etc., that the executives, employees and oh yeah our constantly vacationing, empty suits in Washington DC, who hear, see and have of late shown themselves to KNOW NOTHING of what they do… Of course they don’t, THEY DON’T READ! They don’t read the bills they author, the emails, letters, postcards or petitions “we the people” send them over and over and over again.
NEVER READ? YOU’LL NEVER LEARN OR UNDERSTAND!
I truly believe they are all ailing of some sort of dementure, I mean how many times do we have to tell them we want our laws enforced, we want our borders secured, we want a fence built/completed, we want gitmo to stay open, we want NO MORE TALK OF ILLEGAL ALIEN AMNESTY, we want workplace enforcement, we want the spending to stop, we want all the budgets balanced; federal, state, city, etc., etc.
WHAT I’VE LEARNED…
* I’ve learned how expensive it is to live in this country!
* That I’m now suffering from insomnia
* That I don’t need to eat out
* how to find bargains in the supermarket
* how to do without candy, cake, soda, lights, a/c, heat, etc.
* how to walk, rather than drive
* how I can’t pay/visit my doctor
* how much yard work I needed to do
* how much stuff good-will can or will accept from one household
* how cheap clothes are at the local thrift shops
* how nice the goods are at the local thrift shop
* how I can’t afford to pay for my perscriptions
* how bad a job my dentist performed on my 55 year old teeth – loosing them!
* how much of a struggle it is to put/keep gas in my car
* how many light switches I have in my home – always shutting one or more off
* how much I worry about how to make ends meet
* how I’m gonna feed and care for my family – money and work really tight!
* how much I hate looking up at my ceiling during the early morning hours
* how much I really hate those late night radio commercials
* how much time I spend on the computer looking for answers
* how many scam artists are produced during such times
* how hard it is to lay-off members of my staff
* how hard such bad times is on kids
* how much a family depends on one another in hard times
* how coffee tastes without cream or sugar
* how little I really need to eat at breakfast
* how easy it is to get by on one meal a day!
* how good powdered milk really tastes
* how far I can stretch / spread peanut butter
* how good crackers go with powdered milk
* how deaf politicians are – REALLY!
* how easy it is to call my congress(person)
* how easy it is to call my US Senator
* how many of the same form letters, blah, blah, blah politician use
* how much “schuck and jive” politicians give their constituients
* HOW POORLY GOVERNMENT WORKS – WHEN POLITICIANS DON’T LISTEN!
AND MY POINT?
One wiser then myself stated: “when the going gets tough (and they most definitely are now), get tough and keep going”.
Problem for many of us, most definitely have the toughness and we’re getting tougher all the time, as we weather this “undeserved”, “unwarranted” storm, we simply no longer have the time. We are older, frail, lack the energy or strength to go back to the start line on the real “monopoly board”, i.e., no longer capable to start this fight all over again! What this Government has done and is continuing to do is tantamount to abuse, bullying those who no longer or soon will no longer have the wear-with-all to fight the fight for “truth, justice and the American” way – perhaps that is what the incompetent in Government are planning, hoping and waiting.
THE JOKE IS ON YOU… I HAVE A MEMORY LIKE AN ELEPHANT!
It will never be too tough for me to remember all the games that were played at the expense of mine, my famailies and my countrymens well-being.
* how little you did for us when it mattered, really mattered most,
* how you squandered our hard earned tax dollars
* how little you cared how you sold us, our children, grand-children and great grand-children into financial servitude.
* how little you did when they foreclosed on my house
* how little you did when you empty suits could have stopped the melt-down
* how little you did after my net worth went down to zero!
* how much you saught to over burdened me with more and more taxes
* how little you did to get Americans the justice they deserve(d)
* how little you did to shore up the small business owners
* how little you did restore, stabalize confidence in Americans
* how you lied about unemployment being reduced
* how you lied to get your bogus “stimulus” package passed
* how you try to shut the mouth of “honest” politicians – telling the truth
REMEMBERING LIKE AN ELEPHANT!
If you’ve experienced the same, feel the same then I encourage you to do as I – MARK YOUR CALENDAR, WATCH THE DATES CAREFULLY and then YOU MUST REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!
About the Author:
Steve Taff, operates the website; http://www.america1first.com, he does not presently hold or aspire to serve in public office. He doesn’t advocate either party, but stands with Americans of all political persuasions who have and serve the best interests of these United States of America.