Thursday, June 28, 2012

And tell me this... How does Democracy work? I ask because 56% of Americans, according to a Reuters poll released this past weekend, opposed Obamacare. If this truly is a democracy, shouldn't we vote on this and see how it ends up? Or has the definition of democracy changed? No longer "By the People, For the People" rather "Leaders elected by the people tell them how shit actually goes, no matter what the majority really wants?"
Dear Mr. President, (I hope I don't have to refer to you as such for much longer...)

I will tell you exactly how to fix healthcare in our country. (Make sure you catch that, our country, not just yours) Stop giving it away for free. Don't provide it to those that don't speak English. Don't give it to people who don't want to work. Having a profitable nation doesn't mean we have to be insured, why do you think this is such a big deal? If we have millions of elderly reaching a point in their lives where they can no longer afford healthcare, or do not qualify, we can care for them, and we can care for the disabled, but we cannot care for those who don't care for themselves!

Are you prepared to admit that being a politician requires zero common sense? If someone in this country doesn't want to work, all they want to do is sit at home, procreate, watch tv, eat, and buy new things with government granted money, what do they deserve? NOTHING. Take their damn kids away and fund orphanages. Leave the parents on the streets. I realize these kid will grow up parent less, but think of the jobs you would create for the caregivers of all of these orphans! The parents don't care what happens to them, they're just a meal ticket. They have more kids, you give them more money. WHERE THE HELL DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? Stop giving that money away, and where the hell do you get off telling me that I must have health insurance, and if happen to hold a job (like every self respecting American should, no matter the pay) that offers health insurance, I must pay for that as well as your new TAX to provide free healthcare to those that don't? Unbelievable. You know, looking back, I much rather would have seen McCain win and spent the last 4 years in the middle east dodging bullets than having to deal with the next 30 years of deficit you have set us up with. 

Please, do not win in November. 

Monday, June 11, 2012

Just give it away isn't just a song title. It's soon to be a constitutional amendment.

Why come to work? Life seems to be continuing for those who decide that work isn't important. I go to work, do my thing, leave, go to the gym, go home, sleep, and do it all over again. Who am I to compare my life to another's? I'm healthy, relatively athletic, my parents are both alive and still together. I have a loving, strong, tight knit family. Hardships are not something I can say I have an entirely vast experience with, yet I live everyday believing that my world is slowly moving itself down further into the shitter. I pay massive school loans, which, yes, I can afford, but my savings don't exactly add up. I'd like to one day own a home. I feel that home ownership should be a somewhat realistic goal for a majority of middle class America... But not for everyone. If you make $35,000 a year, do you really think owning a $500,000 home is your right?

Apparently you did, and so did our president. To the tune of allowing your poor fiscal decision to be recouped when the housing market crapped the bed. Now I paid, well, the bank paid for about $60,000 of my $136,000 college education. I have a pretty good job now, but was it worth $136k? No, I don't believe so. Dear Mr. President, My education costs did not translate into proper salary compensation following the reception of my degree. Please refinance my loans to the tune of, oh, I don't know, $20,000, and pay me back $10,000 of the $20,000 I shelled out while attending. I'll have that scholarship and grant money back as well while you're at it. That makes sense right?

No, it doesn't. I made the fiscal decision, AT 18 YEARS OLD, to take on these loans. I had no job, just a hope that my education would translate into a great job. It didn't. I got a "Good" job and can now pay back my loans. You're telling me that when a middle aged American makes a poor fiscal decision, they deserve to be bailed out on this? Give me a break. What else can the government give away? If you don't have a job, should you have an iPhone? Maybe, it just better be 5 years old. If you continue to have children, 4, 5, 6, and have never been married, have to contact 4 different men to make sure they each see their children, and have no clue what "9-5" stands for, it time to tie the tubes. STOP SHELLING MONEY OUT TO THESE PEOPLE! I'm not even going to get into the open door immigration policy we have at the moment, although Italy's policy seems appropriate... 

What happened to people fearing the government rather than extorting it? Someone needs to step up and make people responsible for their decisions again. A certain socialist had 4 years to attempt this. Yeah, I believe in change as well, a change from him. He failed. Next please.