Now I do not usually get on a soap box here, but today is probably going to be an exception. As you all know, we have just come through another crisis. Narrowly averted all of us old people being thrown out in the street because we did not get our social security checks. Hey! I am sorry I am such a burden to you idiots up there, but let me tell you how it works here at my house.
For many years both my late husband and myself punched a clock and collected a check with which we raised our children and sent them forth to do the same thing we did. We knew how much money we had and we managed to keep a roof over our heads and food in our stomachs. We had no deficit nor a debt ceiling we could move around. We exhausted our borrowing power when we bought the house and the car and whatever else we needed. But now that we are old and just want to kind of coast, we have a bunch of idiots in charge of the ship that are headed straight for the sand barge! And to really add insult to injury , I am a supposed to be happy that they can now borrow more money.
I am sorry! I had a step son once who came home all dejected from the bank where he had gone to borrow money for another car. They turned him down because, while he had a stellar credit rating and unlimited borrowing power he had "no way to pay it back!" And there in lies the key. There is what our Congress is missing in the equation. Sure we can borrow money, but how are we going to pay it back? And when they start talking about a "super committee that can act alone" my heart leaps in my throat. Congress already has more power than they should and now they want to appoint an elite group that even they can not control? You see nothing wrong with this picture?
And now they are up there going around patting themselves on the back because they got together and passed a bill that they can borrow more money! What am I missing here? They are all proud because they are going to pass a bill that says they must have a balanced budget? Where have I been? If my budget gets out of whack, I don't eat. It is very simple. But they want to throw my check out the window and let it bounce? What about their checks? What are we going to do with them? Oh, reward them with a raise!
You know I read about the survivalists that hole up in the mountains and do not even have to come to town to get bullets and I start eyeballing the Ford and wondering how quick I can get it to go up that hill! I do it all like I am supposed to. I read, I educate myself on the issues, I disregard party affiliation and vote my conscience. I try to be honest and help the less fortunate. I attend and support my church. I listen and I talk. And I live within my means. Oh, there is one for the record books. If I have it, I spend it. If I run out, I find a way to earn more. Or I simply do without!
Government!! It is a bit early in the morning for me to start processing the drivel they want me to be fed. So, here is the deal at my house and perhaps one or two of the government officials would like to come follow this old lady around. First, I am going to fire up the lawn mower and mow my grass while it is cool. That will save me paying someone else to do it. $20 back in my pocket. Then I am going to list a bunch of stuff on ebay. When it sells I will get a small percentage. Sell $100 worth and after I pay my fees and such, there goes another $15 in my pocket. Going to make some Gluten Free bread and brownies for a few friends who pay me to do that. After I deduct the cost of my supplies, there goes another $15 into my pocket. I will pull the weeds in the garden and toss them over the fence to my geese and save probably $2 on goose grain. So today I will make $52 not by borrowing it, but by doing it myself. Think the government could ever grasp this concept? I start at 5 in the morning and quit at 9 at night. That makes me a 16 hour day. That figures to be $3.25 an hour. Course I am free to come and go as I please and if it does not get done today, it will still be there tomorrow. And the best part about earning money here at home? I get to pay taxes on it!
Well, I must get my day started or I will not get my day done and I will be standing on the corner with my hand out. I hope you all are as proud of that bunch we sent to Washington as I am. ;)
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