Friday Thoughts

• Doesn't the estate tax just seem obscene? You work all your life to acquire wealth and the government feels it has the right to take almost half of it. Fuck them!
• The new Obama Health Care Stimulus Law is going to require that not only is your weight and height in your electronic medical record but your obesity rating (BMI) will be required as well...
• That's so they can open the door to punishing fat people by taxing them or making them pay more for heath care in the future... MARK MY WORDS.
• I want to see a blood bath at the polls this year... and I want to see all this crap repealed.
• Got in the pool because it was hot yesterday. Expecting nice cool water... it like getting into a warm bath... yuck.
• Have you tried the mini-funnel cakes at Jack in the Box? It's nice you don't have to wait for the stock show or state fair to have one now!
• The house is still not sold. It's not even showing. Man this economy is crappy.

Monday Thoughts

• I have been sicker than a dog for the last 5 days. I hope I am beyond the halfway point.
• IMO weddings are such a waste of money. I like them enough, they just cost soo much.
• Have you ever thought how much of your actual pay goes to taxes? I mean ALL taxes (not just the ones that you see on your pay stub) like sales tax, auto registration, auto inspection, gasoline tax (you know).
• I think that if you tallied it all up you would see you pay about 50% or more of your pay to the government.
• Some studies suggest it's more like 65%.
• It's all hidden so it's less noticeable and the people don't revolt.
• If they took it all out at once I think you would find many many more people voting.
• I watched Clue this weekend. I love that movie.

Wednesday Thoughts

• I think the reason I am more conservative and want less government is because of this: What would happen if the government had some sort of collapse (budgetary, or whatever)? Well the more we depend on federal government the worse the impact on the public if it failed. Is my logic flawed there? Isn't the same view about not buying too many of one particular stock the same... don't keep all your eggs in one basket???
• Here is a story about a town that began to print it's own money. Is this a trend towards a more local economy? Huuuurrrrmmm.
• New Fairview needs to do this and call them Redneck Greenbacks.
• I kid! I kid!
• I have been butting heads with everyone at work latley. Penny pinching can cause real tension. Just buy it! I say. You got to spend money to make it.
• There was a new image released from Tron 2 today. I nearly wet myself.
• I am having trouble finding a local auto mechanic that works on Super Beetles. I need to get mine fixed up but I don't want to drive it half way across the Metroplex.
• On the radio they call it the 'Metro Area' now, not the Metroplex. That's so trendy.
• Makes me think of slums.
• My wife swears that the Decatur Jack in the Box switched to smaller tacos.
• I went this week and didn't notice it. I think they might have 'tried' a smaller one.
• I think they tried scrambled eggs on their supreme croissant to (for a while).
• I am thinking they keep trying new stuff to save money but it fails so they go back.
• I was all ready to write a complaint letter too...
• I call their tacos 'gut rot tacos'. Man those things give you heartburn. They are made with some sort of 'meat paste'. Nothing at all like a real taco, but I can't help myself!

Monday Thoughts

• Long ago I switched from being excited about getting at Christmas to being excited about giving.
• Can you believe this health care bill? They are simply passing junk so they can get a foothold so they can morph it to a nightmare later. It looks nothing like it was supposed to be originally.
• I can't wait for it's outcome (the new taxes, etc). Then I can't wait for the elections!
• Payback is a BITCH.
• All this irritates me so much.
• Also I was listening to NPR prattle on about their favorite subject Copenhagen this weekend. Man some 'international important people' are really pissed they aren't getting a ton of free money and fast. It all sounds like a load of crap to me.
• No mention from the BBC during all this about the phony 'research' and how it has skewed all data it was used in... hum... My theory is is that it's a big money making scam.
• What I don't understand is how the president can make any binding contracts without the consent of the American People. That sounds a little illegal to me.
• I think a lot of our problems in this nation would be solved if you removed all everyone in congress and replaced them with randomly chosen college graduates (40+ years old) every other year. Once chosen and once you did your duty, you could never run for any other office ever.
• THINK about that last point. Pretty smart.

Is it wrong to be afraid?

Is it wrong to be afraid of the current administration? I have been getting increasingly paranoid about what our government is turning into. Now, I am not talking about reading our brains, or tracking our every move (and other crazy things) but worried about the total control this administration is pushing for when it comes to our everyday lives.

Let's take the cap and trade law coming (oh yes, it will pass, and oh no, there is no factual proof to back up their global warming BS claims but you will be paying for it anyway). It is a law that punishes you for living. There is no real reason for it.

Taxes are there to fund things (unemployment, benefits, national infrastructure, etc) while cap and trade is taxing you for NOTHING. It's a punishment tax. Obama himself said he hopes the tax will make people use less. That's it! It's purpose is to punish us ALL to force us to buy less, use less, etc... Why aren't people in the streets rioting about this?

I was thinking about taxes we currently pay. It's estimates that the typical middle class American pays somewhere around 50% of his/her pay in TAXES!!

50%!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How do they get away with this you ask... I'll tell you. The same way they get away with everything... little by little. Do you think America would revolt if all workers got 50% of their paycheck taken out right on top? Of course. But, take out payroll taxes here, sales tax over there, property tax over that way... and it builds up. 50% people! 50% of your pay goes to the government (who manages it's badly and just wants MORE). I always knew I was fiscally Conservative for some reason and this just proves my stance. So I make 50k a year, after all is said and done I am making 25k a year (a retail job's value). Imagine what poor people actually make in a year after taxes... it is a scary thought.

Now what I find amusing is that the liberals love these taxes. They tax and tax and tax because they feel they need this money to take care of the poor. All they are doing is keeping the poor down! What do the poor then do? They quit working, quit owning homes, quit owning vehicles... aka STOP PAYING TAXES. The burden is then moved onto the people who are actually doing the right thing and paying taxes... the middle class. Why get a job when you end up paying all those taxes and loosing all those benefits like free food and near free rent, free heath care, etc?

I now have sympathy for those who tax dodge.

All this comes back to the current administration who sits there paving the way to take even more of my money and give it to people who will NEVER bother getting off the gravy train they are on. It scares me.

What can I do to avoid what they are trying to do to me? I am not going to live 'less' for Obama's fucking benefit. It's my life, my one shot and I don't give a shit about feeling good about living with less so others can have more.

So what can I do?

1.) Take it in the ass and just pay.

2.) Tax dodge (aka do work and get paid under the table).

3.) Move to another country (an insane idea that doesn't sound so insane anymore).

4.) Quit my job and get on assistance so I don't have to pay taxes.

I wonder what the taxes were when the colonies decided they had enough and revolted? I am 90% sure they weren't what they are today.