Not Funny, Really.

So I'm listening to a financial guy on the radio today and he's talking about the US deficit. It is so huge that the United States has to borrow money from the countries we've already borrowed money from just to service the interest on the loans. Billions and billions and billions of dollars are owed to China, Russia, Japan and Brazil. This cannot be right. I don't mean his information is wrong. I mean our government agreeing to get we the people of the United States into so much debt. I could never even dream of maxing out my credit cards and pay hundreds of dollars a month just on interest, and now, from being a good citizen, me and my family who are not even born yet, will be thrust into debt. Our deficit has doubled since the inauguration. It's at 1 trillion dollars.
When I took a fabulous Regional Geography class about 15 years ago, my teacher talked about how countries owed us money. What a turn around. "Never a lender or a borrower be?" It feels so bad to me, I look at pictures of new babies or hear about new born babies, or someone is pregnant, and all I can think about is the tax burden that will be on their heads when they are wage earners. And there doesn't seem to be an end to this borrowing since our dear beloved vice president said the other day, "if we don't keep spending, we will become bankrupt." What a concept.
If you happen to read this, and it touches you in any way, call your congressman and your senator and tell them to stop this spending. It's future spending and oppression on business and entrepreneurship that will destroy us. The cap and trade bill that has passed through the House and is on the way to the Senate is filled with financial burdens on everyone, not just the rich. The "clean energy" that everyone wants so badly is costing unbelievable taxes on everyone. Why? Because as it stands now, all of it is subsidized by your taxes. The new federal plan for health care will tax everyone, except maybe the homeless. And don't think it doesn't have a very slippery slope. You weigh too much, you eat too much salt, you sit on your couch too much, you don't exercise enough, you're in your car too much, you eat too much butter and sugar and you're too old for a hip replacement or a transplant. If the government is big enough to give you everything, it is a government that can take everything away. Barry Goldwater said that. I think he was right. We have a chance to change these policies. Take it!