Government I.O.U.? How About F.U.?

It's been a pretty long time since I last wrote in here. There have been a few things that have crossed my mind that may eventually make it here but, well, I've been busy.

However, what I heard this week has completely infuriated me and I'm not keeping my mouth shut this time.

Here in California, our so-called "governor" has decided to use IOUs instead of giving us working Americans our state tax refunds. Excuse me?!?! I was so appalled, I didn't beleive it the first time I heard it. I figured it had to be just another stupid idea being considered and that there was no way something like that could be approved. Apparently, I was giving our government way too much credit, as if they cared about us lowly citizens!

First of all, it's the government's fault we're in this economic crisis to begin with. It's certainly not the people's fault! We're the ones working and selling and buying, trying to do what little we can to help the economy, which we ultimately, as individuals, have little to no control over. Why should we have to pay for the government's mistakes? Why are they taking it out on us when WE'RE the ones losing our homes, losing our jobs and unable to find new work, unable or barely able to pay our bills, living off unemployment because we have no other options.

Some people say, "Well, we're going to get the money. We just don't know when. The government has no money so they have to give us IOUs." Hm, well, I have no money either. Does that mean I can give my landlord an IOU? How about the IRS? The DMV? My credit card company? Anybody?!?! No. Regardless of our situations, regardless of how hard we try and how frugal we are, the government wants its money from us and it wants it now. If we cannot provide it, the government will take it from us, or take anything of value we have. The goverment doesn't care if we end up jobless, or even homeless. It doesn't care if we can't afford health insurance or medication.

Yet the government finds it acceptable to give us, hard-working Americans, IOUs.

Celebrities and atheletes make millions. Money flows like lava from the pockets of politicians. The Bushes just spent almost half a million dollars on gold-rimmed plates for the White House. Sarah Palin, Cindy McCain, and probably Michelle Obama (though it wasn't as publicized) spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on clothes for the campaigns, let alone how much was spent by both party's campaign groups over the entirety of the campaign. Illegal immigrants are given health insurance, drivers liscenses, almost free education, and jobs, while our own citizens lose their jobs, insurances, homes, and cannot afford a good education. It seems every day there is a new scandal in politics, another shady Senator, another embezzeling CEO, and on and on. Billions of dollars have been spent by the federal government to bail out failing companies, while some of those companies continue to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on fancy dinners to "entertain potential clients" or whatever the excuse-of-the-day is.

Yet the California government claims to be unable to provide the tax refund money that we have worked so hard for.

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