You either pay attention or pay through the nose. I would rather pay attention.
From the department of the completely ridiculous and asinine, U.S. Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi actually says that the fastest way to get an unemployed person a job is to give them an unemployment insurace cheque.
You can’t make this stuff up. My working American friends and family are getting OfficiallyScrewed.
When I was a young man still in University I was offered my first credit card. It was a GM VISA with a $500 spending limit. Considering I didn’t have $500 to my name and summer was coming I was ecstatic that I would be able to load up my tackle box and pick up a carton or two of smokes. Although not necessities to the average person, they seemed like they were necessities to me.
So I cautiously ran up a bit of a tab on the card. Then the inevitable bill came. Sure it showed me a minimum payment which was a bit of reassurance. I wouldn’t have to pay the whole thing off at once. But little did I realize that that small monthly payment was coming right off the top of my income. Why? Because I chose to spend something I didn’t have.
Well governments around the world are doing it now. Forget extreme hyperbole such as “spending like drunken sailors”. Expressions like this make it sound like we are just exaggerating. Well the truth is they are spending like unsure, unaware teenagers with their first credit cards. They don’t realize that pulling more out of the taxpayers is like that teenager trying to find a job in a down economy. The potential to pay back that debt is there, but the economic conditions to allow that to happen are just not there. And the more we run up the debt the harder it will be to dig ourselves out.
That’s it. I don’t have any links on this. Just the anology and the request that everyone out there contact the politicians representing them at all levels of government and simply ask them to spend within their means. Do NOT extend their means to accommodate how much they want to spend.
Sir Paul McCartney, the man who has more money than brains (just ask his ex-wife Heather Mills), made this remark the other night.
McCartney thanked the audience and noted how nice it was to receive the award from the Library of Congress, and “in fact, after the last eight years it’s great to have a president who knows what a library is.”
Let’s compare.
Elementary School
George W. Bush – Yes
Paul McCartney – Yes
Secondary School
George W. Bush – Yes
Paul McCartney – Yes
College/University
George W. Bush – Yes (Yale)
Paul McCartney – No
Business School
George W. Bush – Yes (Harvard no less and the ONLY U.S. President to have earned an MBA)
Paul McCartney – No
Marriage classes?
George W. Bush (not sure but he’s still married to his sweetheart and probably treats her like gold)
Paul McCartney – Probably not but he sure knows how to pay through the nose for a divorce.
Sir Paul should be a bit more careful with his wise cracks.
I would say this is the most insane, ridiculous concept that has come out of the San Francisco in a long time.
But what do you expect from the city that has declared itself a sanctuary city for illegal aliens? Or the city that shuttles illegal drug lords around to bypass federal authorities.
At least they look to be backtracking on the sanctuary city now that they are entering the national fingerprinting program.
What I am thinking is that this is quite the example of bringing the mountain to Mohammed. All these illegal aliens lining up to register themselves to vote and get their names (and addresses) on a list. How convenient!!
I can’t say I wasn’t hoping for a Specter loss, but the real poetic justice will come when Toomey makes the Senate seat Republican red in the fall mid term elections.
I figure using this blog is my one shot at becoming a Saturday Night Live writer. So here goes.
Kevin James, after a successful run as the King of Queens, and big screen success with Paul Blart: Mall Cop is back. And this time he’s in drag. After his success in saving the mall, Paul Blart starts a private investigator firm and goes deep deep deep undercover as a female lawyer named Elena. He is so successful that he ends up getting posted to be the Dean of Harvard Business School His mission almost gets exposed when he get’s nominated by President Barack Obama to be a Supreme Court Justice.
That’s right. A Supreme Court Justice in…
Paul Blart 2: Washington Mall Cop.
That’s James in the photo above…on the left.
That’s Elena Kagan, Supreme Court Justice nominee on the right. (I swear!!)
Lorne Michaels…you’re welcome. Just email me at mulder at officiallyscrewed dot com to find out where to send my writer’s fee and residuals whenever Kevin James hosts the show in the future!!
It looks like some of our friends south of the border in America think they are getting OfficiallyScrewed too. Give this man a medal.
President Obama advisor and former federal reserve chairman Paul Volcker starts toying with the national VAT tax. This is similar to our 5% GST and similar to the 20% seen in many European countries.
The U.S. should consider using a European-style value added tax to help bring the deficit down, said White House adviser Paul Volcker in response to a question from CBS MoneyWatch.com at a panel discussion in New York City Tuesday night. “We have to think about really revamping the tax system,” said Volcker, who’s best known for successfully beating down inflation while serving as Ronald Reagan’s Federal Reserve chairman. The VAT, a levy on all the goods and services you consume, is not a “toxic idea,” he added.
Don’t say we didn’t warn you about the potential of getting OfficiallyScrewed.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s call Wednesday to expand offshore oil and gas drilling — as close as 125 miles off Florida’s coast — angered environmentalists in the state and left some Florida Democrats looking to distance themselves from the plans.
And it was only 4 days ago that I (once again) called for the U.S. President to STOP paying for oil produced without environmental concerns when he can drill locally in North America and use oil produced under far better environmental conditions.
Environazi’s are you paying attention??
