So I’ve been all kinds of fired-up over the political situation the past couple of weeks, pretty much ever since “Joe the Plumber” blew the lid off “Barry the Lib’s” plan for destroying the American Dream.This “spreading the wealth around is good for everybody” talk really sticks in my craw. I have to say, I don’t think letting the government decide how to spread around my hard-earned dollars is good for me at all. It might be good for under-employed deadbeats, those who don’t work at all, or those who don’t feel the need to pay taxes like the rest of us— but I work hard for my living, and I’d like to keep it just that: “my living”, not mine plus someone else’s. And I don’t want a slice of anyone else’s pie, either. Frankly, I’m proud of my modest little house (which, by the way, was based on my actual monthly budget and not whatever maximum loan amount I could’ve been approved for). And I take pride in the fact that, as a single female, I’m able to do it on my own. I feel very fortunate to have had parents who were willing to make personal sacrifices and fund my education so I could accomplish these things without handouts from them or from the government. But most of all, I feel so blessed to live in a country where these opportunities and freedoms are possible for everyone.
And when I take a step back and try to reconcile all that's going on with the American economy versus my personal convictions, it pretty much boils down to this: I’m still really chapped over the $700 billion in bail-out bucks that We, the People just forked over to the Treasury Secretary to stem a hemorrhage that was caused by little more than sheer self-serving avarice. Does anyone else feel that way, like We, the People just took it up the Fannie Mae? Where’s the personal accountability, on the part of individuals as well as our great nation's leaders and the government officials who were put in office by We, the People? And aren't the media supposed to suppress their own personal bias long enough to hold the politicians accountable on behalf of We, the People? And why aren’t We, the People from the all the big, square states in the middle of this great country more pissed off? It's up to We, the People to first be accountable and prudent ourselves, and in turn to expect it from those who represent us.
And when I take a step back and try to reconcile all that's going on with the American economy versus my personal convictions, it pretty much boils down to this: I’m still really chapped over the $700 billion in bail-out bucks that We, the People just forked over to the Treasury Secretary to stem a hemorrhage that was caused by little more than sheer self-serving avarice. Does anyone else feel that way, like We, the People just took it up the Fannie Mae? Where’s the personal accountability, on the part of individuals as well as our great nation's leaders and the government officials who were put in office by We, the People? And aren't the media supposed to suppress their own personal bias long enough to hold the politicians accountable on behalf of We, the People? And why aren’t We, the People from the all the big, square states in the middle of this great country more pissed off? It's up to We, the People to first be accountable and prudent ourselves, and in turn to expect it from those who represent us.
So I’ve got all of these feelings about the economy swirling around in my head… and I’m trying to balance it out with happy thoughts— I mean, Halloween is coming up, and that’s always fun, right? And these two opposing forces keep butting up against each other in my head, and suddenly I had a brainstorm…
Let’s consider it a little pre-election day experiment. Why don't we take Barry O’s “spread the wealth around” concept and give it a kind of a test-drive? You know, in a real-life practical situation that we’re all familiar with, just a few days ahead of going to the polls. Let’s do our trick-or-treating in a politically-correct fashion this year!
See, the kiddos will get all dressed up in their costumes, wait for it to get dark outside, approach all the houses with porch lights on, exclaim “Trick or treat!”, hold out their buckets and collect their goodies. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Then, at the end of the night— instead of returning home and dumping their hard-earned till onto the kitchen table to examine it with delight and then dig in— let’s have the government collect all the trick-or-treaters’ goodies and determine how they should best be split up. Mind you, some of the recipients won’t have taken the time to don a costume nor ring a single doorbell… but it’s good to spread things around, remember? Barry O said so. So whether you participated or not, you’ll get what Barry O and his ghoulish peeps deem your fair share.
Let’s consider it a little pre-election day experiment. Why don't we take Barry O’s “spread the wealth around” concept and give it a kind of a test-drive? You know, in a real-life practical situation that we’re all familiar with, just a few days ahead of going to the polls. Let’s do our trick-or-treating in a politically-correct fashion this year!
See, the kiddos will get all dressed up in their costumes, wait for it to get dark outside, approach all the houses with porch lights on, exclaim “Trick or treat!”, hold out their buckets and collect their goodies. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Then, at the end of the night— instead of returning home and dumping their hard-earned till onto the kitchen table to examine it with delight and then dig in— let’s have the government collect all the trick-or-treaters’ goodies and determine how they should best be split up. Mind you, some of the recipients won’t have taken the time to don a costume nor ring a single doorbell… but it’s good to spread things around, remember? Barry O said so. So whether you participated or not, you’ll get what Barry O and his ghoulish peeps deem your fair share.
Oh, yeah… and did I mention that you’ll get hit in the wallet for it all next April? That's the trick that goes with the treat.
Now, I don’t know about you kids, but I want to keep my candy in my own bucket, thank you.
And by the way, you better keep your mits off the Sour Patch Kids candy and the Cry Baby gum— I’m calling dibs on those! I'm afraid I may have a taste for them after January 20.
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