Note that congress is taking a break from their labors:

AND:

It is National Clown Week:

Coincidence? You decide.

This‘d be funny…..

Except for the fact that is is SO true.

then you should go to Bayou Renaissance Man and see the Tom Coburn Video.

Seriously. It is worth your time.

Now what to do about it?

By the posturing and bullshit that is being reported on (and apparently encouraged by) the press. The new meme: all the people they choose to show (“regular citizens”, and “random samples” from the Midwest…the “heart of Amerika”) are “glad for the compromise” and “relieved” and “tired of the wrangling”. Most were from middle sized cities and most were, unsurprisingly, women….

And we are letting the press push the agenda.

I really don’t care for the political theater. I only want to see our country not be broke. (and by broke, I mean not having additional credit, but rather actually able to meet it’s bills).

This bill is none of those things. it’s like a CANCER. And, BTW, part of the money comes from the expected end of the”Bush Tax Cuts”….Yep, they expect higher taxes to bring part of the debt under control.

I’d have rather seen the country “shut down”. Make real decisions. Make real choices. There would have been no need for default, but they could have stopped spending so much..We would not have been forced to leave our Social Security recipients on an ice floe…..

Instead, we get political theater, and at best punt the issue into the future…..So that the WON and his ilk can continue to whine about “fair share” and “sharing the burden” and all that other folderol.

Again, I won’t suggest anything like violence, because I really don’t want to have the visit from the Gestapo Secret Service….So I won’t suggest that we get our pitchforks, and torches and rifles and such.

But I can think about it….You should, perhaps, as well.

of sorts in the “debt crisis”.  More or less, the Right caved. They did keep from raising taxes, it seems, and yet they got cuts that take effect AFTER the elections (or so reports at this stage are saying).

Fuck ’em. They negotiated everything away to the socialist Statist leftist Won “One”.

Yeah, they’ve slowed the increase in the deficit spending. So what?

Think of it this way…..You are falling from the Empire state building….you WERE falling at the rate of 20 floors per second…..Then you feel a uplififting wind….. Now your rate of descent is only 10 floors per second….Has your situation improved?

That is the state of our economy with this new “deal”.We re gonna end up like Greece, writ large.

I would never say that the legislators of this country should be stood up against a wall and shot….I don’t want to become the focus of an investigation by the Secret Service….So I won’t say it.

I had this long winded diatribe against our political leaders worked up and then NEWBIUS goes and cut the long winded part out and cuts to the chase…..

Yeah, what he said. In spades.

The Prez want us to pay our “fair share”….

How much is fair? How much is fair for those of us who DO pay taxes….20% of our income? 30%? 50%? How much is “fair”….Those of us who do pay taxes get up and work generally at least 40 hours per week. (many times well in excess of that number).

How much is fair for the currently 43+% that pay no taxes whatsoever? How much is fair for those who actually take from the government (and therefore the rest of us) without giving anything in return?
I fully realize that the actual dollar amount that those with low incomes would pay under our current tax rates would be miniscule, but still, where should we draw the line?

Those who make in excess of $100K actually work……and generally, make good decisions in order to live well. They generally work hard, and do the right things in order to keep that job (or own their own business which likely entails even more sacrifice on their part to earn a living). Yes, they don’t have as much trouble meeting their bills, BUT THEY WORK FOR THE LIFESTYLE THEY HAVE and THEY DON”T MAKE STUPID DECISIONS that would end up losing them that comfortable existence. Few just sit there. They already pay taxes. They already share their income (and therefore their hard work) with the other 43% of our society who, for one reason or another, don’t work.

Most of our “Poor” and “Starvin” and “underprivileged” have made decisions which put them in the position that they exist in. Few who get government housing, or welfare, or other largess from the taxpayers actually do anything to take advantage of the handouts in order to get ahead in their place in society. Few actually learn a trade, or get an education which would lead to a decent job. Most just receive their income from the taxpayers and live…never improving themselves. To a large extent, “poverty” is a cultural issue.

So really. How much is a fair share? How many hours of your life are you willing to take from your and your loved ones and give to others who don’t work? Who don’t contribute? Who are not productive? How many more hours are you willing to let them steal from you in order to let someone else slack? It’s not like they are willing (or required) to perform even a few hours of community service in order to get those handouts from you and I. It’s not like they must even (except for IIRC, Florida) even prove that they are drug free like the productive members of our society must do in order to get our paychecks….

Again, since a significant portion of our citizenry fails to in any way contribute to the wealth and productivity of our society, and in fact consumes while getting special treatment with absolutely no effort to contribute…. How much is a “fair share”?

I am sure that that meme sells well in the inner cities of “blue” states, but all it does is piss off those of us who already contribute our time and effort, voluntarily or not.

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He’s right.

I tried to call my senators today. (calling my congressman is a waste of time, as he is a party hack and will vote the party line no matter what his constituents might think)..

One had a “Please hold, we’ll get to you as soon as we feel like it” message, but did eventually come on line and ask what I wanted. If you’ve been reading this blog for long, you know what my comments were regarding the “budget debate”.

The other senators number just goes to voice mail. “we are experiencing heavy calls today….please, leave us a message to ignore as soon as we have time to do so”. And I tried twice an hour apart.

At least we constituents are having our say. Now if our comments could only be heard……

Here’s the deal:

You have money. I don’t.We need to come to some accommodation
You give me all your money.

No?

Ok, Lets compromise….I’ll meet you halfway. I’ll only take half. And one of your cars too….

Yeah, it’s like that.

Start out with an outrageous position, then work towards a “compromise”.