Personal Responsibility

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,497707,00.html
Are you mad that not only do your tax dollars pay for people not working, or trying, but now we're going to let people who shouldn't have bought the biggest house they could by a loan, but can't afford now to pay for? Those honest folks out there who are paying their bills, now have to foot the bill for the schmuck down his street costing him housing value. Does anyone have any responsibility for themselves these days?!?! I don't get it. We have no debt except for the two cars and the monthly credit card statement. We're RESPONSIBLE. Did we quit teaching our children about being good, upstanding citizens? About DEMOCRACY? About the evils of SOCIALISM and COMMUNISM?

Yesterday I saw that there is now talk of nationalizing our banks, if only temporarily. Let's think on this just a moment. Anything the government throw money at tends to not improve. Anything we start funding, usually has no end in sight. (ie Social Security, Welfare, the telephone tax paid to finance the Spanish-American War back in the late 1800s and wasn't repealed until 2000-something I believe if not the 1990s) We TRUST these people to temporarily take control of banks?

Ever hear the term NANNY STATE? We're quickly approaching socialism where Uncle Sam will be going broke to provide for the nation's food, health, housing and so on. Isn't that just a grand thought? Are there that many stupid people who don't have an ability to flip a burger at McDonald's on a regular basis to get a paycheck? It's not glamorous, it's not a great job for a college grad, but if one has a family that needs fed, one must find a job, no matter what it is.

I was talking to someone at work the other day about the amazing, super, absolutely won't do much for really anyone, $400 tax credit (or the $250 one time payment to Social Security recipients or veterans). What do they think that $14 will do for the average family every two weeks? It won't make a difference in my life. I was put under the bus kind of by someone who says "Maybe not to you but that's formula for a family." I'm not immune to families who struggle... I'm a military spouse... I've seen my share. I have a family member of my own supporting a family of 5 on a self-employed income. Do you think that $14 every two weeks, if he could get it, would really do much for him? For a family of 5, it's almost 1 meal at McDonald's for the whole family. WOOO HOOOO! Run and spend that extra $14 every two weeks and stimulate the economy. OH YEAH!

I can't find the article I saw last night and didn't have time to share. BUT, the gist of the headline is that MOST people want a nanny state where the federal government takes care of them. Ever been to eastern Europe? Even western Europe? Lovely apartment buildings, (actually I think it is) good public transportation, socialized medicine (and having spoken to a few people about English and German health care, our system may suck, but it's still better). I don't want the government taking care of me in all aspects of life. I do try to be RESPONSIBLE. Where did we go wrong as a country in thinking 1984 was a good idea? If you don't know what 1984 is, I suggest a trip to the library and some time to read it. George Orwell in general is a pretty good read. Animal Farm, too. I think I'm going to go to the library today now I think about it.

May your Saturday be super! And full of personal responsibility. Go stimulate the economy! Spend that $14 we'll soon have every two weeks. God bless America! (The USSR may have died a slow, painful death, but the USSA is on the rise LOL)