Taxes

Today I wrote out the check to pay my federal income tax. After the governments at both the state and federal level automatically took a full %38 of my wife's and mine combined wages, the federal government had the audacity to demand more. That's right, demand more. I'm fed up with it. The federal government is spending money like there is no tomorrow and expecting folks like you and me to pay the bill. Well, as long as you are one of the ones that actually pay taxes.

In February the federal government ran up $223B ($223,000,000,0000) in debt. That was for only a month, and a short one at that. If I do the math correctly, and thanks to my Casio calculator I know I will, that's $7.96B ($7,964,283,700) a day of overspending by the Feds. How in the Hell can they do that? Remember, that's overspending, or in other words, spending more than they are taking in. Incredible.

But when we have 200K plus of new government employees, needing to pay for Obamacare, needing to pay for a sweet spring break trip for the kids and Auntie M, plus getting us involved in another military action (Libya) I guess only overspending by nearly $8B a day is getting away kind of cheap. I realize that the trip and bombing Libya happened in March so our deficit for this month should be much higher.

Since I mentioned Obamacare, my premiums have gone up in the last year and coverage has gone down. Was that the way it was supposed to happen?

Also I mentioned if you were one of the folks that paid taxes you were also footing some of this bill. I thought that taking %38 of my gross pay would have been enough for this government. But then I got to thinking about all the people that don't pay a damn thing. As a matter of fact, they take what I am required to give. It's about time to tell these folks that the teat has run dry and it's time for them to get off their lazy butts and do something productive.

Man, can I hear the liberals screaming at that comment. Look Hippie, those that are physically incapable of working, I don't mind helping, but those that can work, should. And I don't think that drug and alcohol problems are diseases and that these clowns deserve disability payments from social security.

Case in point. About three weeks ago I arrested a woman with open warrants for forgery and child endangerment. In Utah that means you exposed a child to illegal drugs. She was in the process of cashing a SSDI check. I asked how she was disabled. She told me that she had a bad back. I asked if she wanted to see the scar on my back or the x-ray of my neck where the six screws and plate had recently been installed. She didn't seem to get it. She was half my age, high when arrested, no more disable than the man in the moon and cashing a government check. Guess what she was going to do with the money.

It's time we go to a flat tax. The state can have %5 of what I make and the Feds can have %5. Period. Oh yeah, that goes for everybody else too. Even those on government assistance can pay taxes. That way they are actually helping themselves a bit. No more deductions, no more "tax credits" for buying an electric car, that no one seems to be buying anyway, no more hiding money,  no more BS. The tax code could fit on one piece of paper. Everyone, every business pays %10.

I'm not really sure if the people in Washington can grasp the concept, but at least we can try. 

The New Hope

Earlier in the week the latest unemployment number came out. 8.9% is the new number and the White House and the liberal media are just giddy. Listening to some talk, you would think that all conservatives have committed a mass suicide. But after all, we know that it is the liberals that are the kool-aid drinkers.

Now that unemployment is under 9% again people think that the recession is over and Obama saved the world. Let's take a closer look at this, shall we? First of all after Barry committed us to a one trillion dollar ($1,000,000,000,000) democratic wish list spending spree and claimed that unemployment would not go over 8%. With the stimulus it would surely climb over 10%. Even with the stimulus, unemployment still climbed to 10%. Did he not notice that? Then the administration told us that we could expect unemployment to stay there for an extended period of time. The new normal we were told.

Did anyone take into consideration the number of people that have quit looking for work? Has anyone noticed how many folks have finally run out of 99 weeks of unemployment insurance? I bet not. These numbers should be looked at to determine and accurate account. I don't look at the number of underemployed because at least these folks are working. I realize they might not be working in a field of their choosing or training, but they have a job.

I saw that the stock market lost over 80 points that day that the new numbers came out. How does that happen? One would think that the market would go crazy of such good news. But when the Dow in artificially high this is what happens. Artificially high, you say incredulously? Two words, oil futures. Need I say more?

Speaking of oil. I have noticed a sharp increase in oil prices lately. The other day I paid $3.29 a gallon for mid-grade. I realize that's low compared to some, but substantially higher here. Then I noticed the price for my groceries started to increase. Weird, huh? Guess what come next. If you guessed layoffs, well you win the prize. If it cost more to do business, then business has less people to do what needs to be done. Unemployment goes back up and we are told that this is again the new normal. What a bunch of BS. Or should I say the normal for this administration?

I wonder how Barry is going to blame GWB for this.