Sunday, September 21, 2008

Bye Bye Capitalism... Hello Socialism

First of all, there will probably be no common thread in this blog. I feel like rambling.
The financial system is broken. Rather than let people find their ways, pay the cost and work our way out of it, the feds are stepping in, to make sure nobody has to skip the next Bronco's game. I trivialize it, I know. I just look at all the money our government spends on building sailing museums and the national endowment for the arts and saving the whales and on welfare and I just don't get it. Then I look at greedy wall street and the lack of any accountablility and wonder why we thought that would work. When people get up and go to work in the morning, they really ought to have some integrity and do their jobs. I do mine. I don't let Nick sit in poop. I don't starve the kids. I don't forget to take Eden to school. Jody does his job. He brings home the bacon and sends Uncle Sam his bacon. Simply put, we're in it up to our eyeballs and now we are freefalling into socialism and everyone is saying it's the only way out because nobody should have to be held accountable or have to work. I've about had it with the government and with Wall Street. They're a bunch of crooks that don't want to face the music. And let's all face it. The problem is not that those yahoos don't have enough foreign policy knowledge or longstanding experience in the Senate. The problem is principles! The worst and most terrible part of it is that they weren't even playing with their own money. All I know is somebody had better start locking these people up. It's so much worse than car theft or burglary. It's just sickening. Now back to Uncle Sam... They can sock it to me for property tax and for income tax but by golly they're going to have to twist sales tax out of me. If I need or want something, I gather up stuff that we don't use around the house and sell it on Craigslist. Then, I buy what I want or need, again on Craigslist and save hundreds of dollars per year in sales tax. Makes me feel good. I feel like I'm "stickin it to the man. " I'd like to see America on it's knees. Seriously. We're out of control. Debt is a lifestyle. Everyone is walking around with a big financial cloud hanging over them and we're slaves to our greed. Well, I sat here screaming and nobody heard me. Down the toilsom and unrewarding spiral of socialism we go.
So, in summary. Government needs to cut spending. American's need to cut spending. People need to find something else to invest in besides loans and people need to stop getting loans for latte's and bronco's games. Finally, PEOPLE need to keep track of their money. Get a budget. Know where your money is at all times and MANAGE it. Do not get too busy to take care of your money. And acknowledge that we really are all bright enough to handle our money. We don't need big goverment to handle it for us and we don't need them to dole it out to the people that don't manage it either. I want capitalism back!

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