How much in taxes do you pay? Have you ever sat down and actually come up with a total?
From sales taxes to county taxes; to federal taxes to state taxes; to property taxes to excise taxes to taxes that leave me scratching my head as I have no idea what they are for nor where they originated from--just take a look at your phone bill.
There is a big mouth out there and getting bigger. Pretty soon we'll all be swallowed up.
Have we ever considered there is one entitlement out there that no one talks about and maybe we should.
One that should be elevated to the top of the list?
That entitlement is the federal government.
It believes it has a right to mess with what you believe in, create more federal agencies that aren't needed and go nowhere, issue regulations that do nothing other than strangle job creation and free enterprise, dictate what your kids will have for lunch, and siphon off billions of dollars of your hard earned money that are then wasted on companies that go bankrupt.
The only ones benefitting from this are those who continue to create the rules and regulations as this effort ensures their job security.
But what about ours?
Both parties are at fault for this break, this deplorable breach with the people.
There is no one party that is holier than thou.
They both need to be closely watched By The People and occasionally, reined in.
From taxation to regulation, the beat goes on.
What is the purpose of the federal government? According to the Constitution it is to provide for the common good; for the country's defense and regulate commerce. Nothing else.
Yet the federal government continues to broaden its outreach as it harrasses and harangues citizens who resist efforts by those agencies using intimidation and coercion in order to get all of us to fall into line and eventually comply with questionable measures and unsafe practices all in the guise of keeping us safe.
What just happened on the East Coast? The S**T HIT THE FAN.
And her name was Sandy --SSANDYHTF.
Another great example of the federal government, with all its massive resources, all its agencies, a huge federal workforce and still incapable of getting help to the people in need, when they need it.
The federal government wants, they take, but they don't deliver.
It's like a one-night stand.
You both circle around with interest, sizing each other up. Good bet, bad bet? Your antennae is on full alert as you lick your chops, this can't be happening, you didn't even order takeout, it just showed up. How lucky can you get? You know you can't let this opportunity go by. You seize the moment.
Finally, the deed is done. And it appears it was just another easy conquest.
You're looking at your belt to see if there's room for one more notch.
You're feeling on top of the world. No cares, just fond memories of what happened last night.
You're on cloud nine until you check your mail box. You rip open the envelope with an icon of Uncle Sam pasted in the right hand corner. The bill is enormous.
You now know that you've been had (no pun intended).
This is the federal government--pimping for every penny, every soul it can suck the life breath out of in order to satisfy its gargantuan, bloated appetite for more and more and more.
The federal government ain't got no respect.
It will wine you and dine you, tell you whatever you want to hear, will never commit to a meaningful relationship other than take away what is yours and will continue to promise whatever it is you wish for and then, like the proverbial whistle blower fed up with corruption, quickly distance itself from you and eventually deny it knew anything.
Just like that one night stand.
But only one party really got what it wanted...and you?
All you ended up with was this lousy medical condition and another frickin bill.
.
From sales taxes to county taxes; to federal taxes to state taxes; to property taxes to excise taxes to taxes that leave me scratching my head as I have no idea what they are for nor where they originated from--just take a look at your phone bill.
There is a big mouth out there and getting bigger. Pretty soon we'll all be swallowed up.
Have we ever considered there is one entitlement out there that no one talks about and maybe we should.
One that should be elevated to the top of the list?
That entitlement is the federal government.
It believes it has a right to mess with what you believe in, create more federal agencies that aren't needed and go nowhere, issue regulations that do nothing other than strangle job creation and free enterprise, dictate what your kids will have for lunch, and siphon off billions of dollars of your hard earned money that are then wasted on companies that go bankrupt.
The only ones benefitting from this are those who continue to create the rules and regulations as this effort ensures their job security.
But what about ours?
Both parties are at fault for this break, this deplorable breach with the people.
There is no one party that is holier than thou.
They both need to be closely watched By The People and occasionally, reined in.
From taxation to regulation, the beat goes on.
What is the purpose of the federal government? According to the Constitution it is to provide for the common good; for the country's defense and regulate commerce. Nothing else.
Yet the federal government continues to broaden its outreach as it harrasses and harangues citizens who resist efforts by those agencies using intimidation and coercion in order to get all of us to fall into line and eventually comply with questionable measures and unsafe practices all in the guise of keeping us safe.
What just happened on the East Coast? The S**T HIT THE FAN.
And her name was Sandy --
Another great example of the federal government, with all its massive resources, all its agencies, a huge federal workforce and still incapable of getting help to the people in need, when they need it.
The federal government wants, they take, but they don't deliver.
It's like a one-night stand.
You both circle around with interest, sizing each other up. Good bet, bad bet? Your antennae is on full alert as you lick your chops, this can't be happening, you didn't even order takeout, it just showed up. How lucky can you get? You know you can't let this opportunity go by. You seize the moment.
Finally, the deed is done. And it appears it was just another easy conquest.
You're looking at your belt to see if there's room for one more notch.
You're feeling on top of the world. No cares, just fond memories of what happened last night.
You're on cloud nine until you check your mail box. You rip open the envelope with an icon of Uncle Sam pasted in the right hand corner. The bill is enormous.
You now know that you've been had (no pun intended).
This is the federal government--pimping for every penny, every soul it can suck the life breath out of in order to satisfy its gargantuan, bloated appetite for more and more and more.
The federal government ain't got no respect.
It will wine you and dine you, tell you whatever you want to hear, will never commit to a meaningful relationship other than take away what is yours and will continue to promise whatever it is you wish for and then, like the proverbial whistle blower fed up with corruption, quickly distance itself from you and eventually deny it knew anything.
Just like that one night stand.
But only one party really got what it wanted...and you?
All you ended up with was this lousy medical condition and another frickin bill.
.
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