So the election is over and we are still hearing a bunch of Republicans (including Romney himself) whining about "Makers and Takers", and saying that Obama won because of the people who "want free stuff". First, YES! I WANT FREE STUFF! Who doesn't? It's not just "those lazy poor people" that want free stuff. I am a business owner! I am a "job creator"! I am reasonably well-off, and I WANT FREE STUFF. The only difference between the rich guys who want free stuff and the poor people who want free stuff is… THE RICH PEOPLE ACTUALLY GET IT!" My father hasn't paid for a ticket to a sporting event since 1975. When he wanted to go to a MLB game or an NHL game he would make a call to one of his brokers or to a business associate and get FREE tickets.
And, as a business owner, If I decide to move my business to another area, I get with the local government and ask what FREE STUFF are they going to give me to "create jobs" in their community. Larger business have lobbyists that spend all their time trying to get FREE STUFF from the government. Ethanol Subsidies for ADM? FREE STUFF! Local sports franchise get's huge subsidy to build a new stadium? FREE STUFF! Banks lose huge on a big gamble and the federal government bails them out? FREE STUFF!
Yes we all LOVE FREE STUFF. So, I guess when these politicians are talking about how "it is terrible that people want FREE STUFF", they must be leaving out a word or two. I think what they really mean is that "it is terrible that POOR people want free stuff". Or, more likely "it is terrible that BLACK people want free stuff. Come on mow, I have been hearing this kind of nonsense since Reagan and the "Welfare Queen" bullshit. Just look at all those middle class white people who are dying to change places with that poor person on food stamps. Those poor people have it so easy! And god knows, there are absolutely no WHITE people living in poverty that get government assistance. No, poor white people are all apparently "just between high paying IT services jobs". It is all ridiculous nonsense.
Then there is the 47%ers. Yes all those terrible, lazy people who do not pay ANY income taxes. They are the "Takers" and we are supposed to despise them. "They are the problem", we are told. But then we look to actually see who those people are. Mostly they are your Grandparents. Hate them if you must. The rest are mostly the working poor. And who was the socialist idiot who moved those poor people off the tax rolls? Ronald Reagan! Hate him too then.
So Republican rich folks, here is how the system works now. You guys get every day to lobby government on every level to get your FREE STUFF. The rest of us get one shot every four years to vote for someone who might be able to change things a little so we get a minute amount of FREE STUFF too even though you now get to spend billions of dollars to convince us to vote against our own acquisition of FREE STUFF so you can keep it all for yourselves. So for the most part, YOU ALWAYS WIN! STOP YOUR BITCHING PLEASE!
- Posted using BlogPress from my IPad.
