To all of you out there who think the rich are evil and need to be put in their place - STOP COMPLAINING! You're also probably complaining that they don't pay their fair share of taxes. Since they make so much more than the average Joe out there, they should have to pay more, a lot more, right? Well guess what? They are already! According to the Congressional Budget … [Read more...]
Are We Headed for a Welfare State?
With the proposed programs in the Obama administration's budget, it appears as if we're on a collision course with becoming a socialist state. European countries have been on this path for decades, with universal health care and other similar programs. The question one has to ask is, has any of these programs worked? And in order to answer that question, you have to define … [Read more...]
Tuesday Morning Humor
I received this in an email forwarded to me, and thought it was funny. Note: I haven't verified the dollar amounts quoted towards the end, but I'm sure they are not too far off. Enjoy! The little red hen called all of her Democrat neighbors together and said,'If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me plant it?' 'Not I,' said the cow. 'Not I,' … [Read more...]
Are Welfare and Food Stamps Going too Far?
Ben Franklin once said: "I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it."Ronald Reagan once said: "Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence." Yet about 250 years after Ben Franklin … [Read more...]
A Birthday Wish
Today, March 22nd is my birthday. I am writing to the American people to ask for just one thing on my birthday. That one thing is for everyone to take responsibility for themselves and their actions.If you recently lost your job and are collecting unemployment, stop. Don't accept another check. It's my tax dollars that are paying you, and it isn't fair to me to have to worry … [Read more...]