I recently overheard a neighbor complaining about the fact that soon our parks will be gone and our roads will be in disarray because the government is stopping spending money. "Just you watch and see, if the [republicans] have their way it will happen."
I mourned. Not because he's wrong. Because he's absolutely right and he thinks its wrong. His "recall Walker" and "recall Fitzgerald signs" were recently replaced with two democratic candidates. He spends money to keep them lighted and visible 24/7. I'll shoot straight and admit that he has one of the best reasons I can think of for being so adamant about his views: He has worked for the government his entire life. I don't want to work for the government for my entire life. It's called socialism, and I think it's a poor system of government.
Anyway, as I was saying, he's exactly right. For years, we've been spending money we don't have. And when we don't personally have it, we call the government thinking they can help us. For generations, our forefathers worked their butts off, until at a critical time in each of our histories, someone made the call to move to the land of opportunity. Now that we are here, we are personally responsible for the fact that it will soon be gone. I don't want my children to have to work their butts off for my grandchildren who will have to move to a new land of opportunity because I destroyed this one. Maybe it will mean that I have to live within my income. Maybe it will mean that I will actually have to work a little harder if I want a little more. I have one of the best qualities of life on the planet; as much as I think my car and my books and my kayak is important. I like the public parks, but if we don't have enough money I think we will be able to do without them. We can hang out in our backyards with our children- at least they're not working 12 hours a day in horrible conditions... yet.
This message was paid for by www.blogspot.com, a website that... I'm not really sure how they make their money. Ironically, its not the government. But its probably making money for more than its inventor. Its probably raking in funds and jobs for the investors and companies that advertise somewhere on its domain. This message was brought to you on a macbook paid for by my father. Not, mind you, by choice, but rather because the government allocated his funds towards a program that paid for a significant portion of my computer. The money probably would have paid for all of the computer if it didn't have to go through the IRS and countless other bureaucratic positions. I was happy that the same government paid for a significant portion of my school bill, but come to think of it, I bet the money would have paid for my entire school bill if it didn't go through the same process as the computer money.
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