You gotta be kidding me

Just in case paying taxes was not bad enough the US government has stooped to the level of passing the hat around for donations. They have provided a link for anyone to submit a payment to pay down the debt. Why? Because they insist on getting involved in every aspect of our lives. In my house, if my income goes down my spending goes down. I eat out less, I buy generic items, and of course we have less, or even no, out of town vacations. What the government is proposing through this is that they realize their debt is high and since they cannot be responsible to balance the budget and even pay back the deficit they want us to help them out. It is exactly like giving a drug addict more drugs instead of giving them what they really need.

Everyone in the United States realizes our governments debt problem. At last count we are $14 TRILLION in debt. Folks, that means we OWE that much money, and yet the governments answer in this depression ridden economy is two-fold. One, increase spending to accommodate others and give them services and claim it is a "right". Seriously, will that reduce the deficit? No it will not, but people can at least feel good about themselves.

Second, since the private sector is having their taxes increased to pay for the governments whims, they are having a difficult time creating jobs. So, to make things look good on paper our wonderful government came up with an ingenious plan of hiring these people themselves. Now the President claims that unemployment has declined and we are on a way to a steady recovery. So let me get this straight, the pool of the people in the private sector who pay for the salaries of the government employees has decreased and thus less tax money is coming in, and them the government increases THEIR payroll with less money coming in. How does THAT work as a recovery? We are just digging the hole deeper and one day we will not be able to get out no matter what we do.

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