A Boston Tea Party ...(Same year, Same Addict)
This was posted in February 2005 and still applies today.
Pst…..Pst…. Hey you……Pst…Hey you. Ya, you. Come here a minute. I have something your really gonna love. No….no….don’t be scared. It is harmless. There is no pain just all gain. Once you try it, you will fall in love with it. I promise…I promise…you will think it is the greatest thing you have ever tried. Here….here just take it. If you don’t like it bring it back to me….but I know you won’t. You will be hooked, you will be back every year for more because it is that good. I even have three different selections for you. They are all great….I promise. You can’t go wrong with any of them. Just choose one. If your lucky someday you can even try all three. You can choose from farm subsidies, welfare, or social security. I mean it……..cash one check and your hooked. Federal entitlements have created a whole different type of user in America. We have our drug users, our alcohol users, and we have entitlement users. The addiction is just as powerful because it is free money. Thank god, I have yet to be struck by this addiction. It is an addiction that can even cause red state republicans to ask for more. If you live in a Midwestern agricultural state, it is suicide to bring up farm subsidies to balance a budget. Oh sure, behind your breath you wonder why these folks need to live off the federal government but you better not say it to loud. A crack addict needs his crack the same way a farmer needs his subsidy. Without it he goes through withdrawals causing him to live off the fruits of his labor………like the rest of us. We succeed or fail on our own. The drug is so addictive; I warn you to never try it. All it takes is cashing that one check that has your name on it and you will want more. Oh sure you will have new equipment and vehicles but deep down you will have lost some self-respect. Eventually you will find yourself in some casino gambling this free money in the hopes you will win more. When the federal entitlements whisper to you on a street corner….run….run….run the other way as fast as you can. If you don’t your as good as gone. They will welcome you in with open arms and your whole existence will depend on them. Run, run I tell you and never look back….the subsidy dealer wants you.
posted by schumacher @ 11:26 AM
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1 Comments:
I find it interesting to note that you list three so-called entitlement programs that affect some of the poorest in our society. I have paid into Social Security, as my parents have paid into social security.
Why haven't your written about corporte welfare programs, like subsidies to oil companies that Exxon Mobil who have posted 13 Billion in profits last quarter. Why should I have to pay my tax dollars to support Exxon Mobil. How about cutting corporate welfare to advertise overseas. How about makeikng it tougher for companies to incorporate overseas to avoid paying income taxes when you and I can't do the same. The programs you look at will hurt the citizens of North Dakota while the corporations continue to get tax breaks including low interest loans, tax increment financing, outright gifts of land and infrastructure. So when are you going to start talking about these giveaways to the rich in this country.
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