I remember when Bush wanted to privatize 2% of Social Security for younger workers.
OH NO!!!! came the reply. That money is sacred! That’s why we put it in the general fund and have been spending it for 30 years!
It’s so sacred we need a Lock Box!!!
Now they want a Ring Fenced Fund from BP. BP bears responsibility for this but they don’t have to be like the pig at a pork roast.
Oh! Is it done? Arrrrrgh!
Junkies, you see, are so helpful. Need your car washed? Some diapers for the kid? Pick up your work togs at the cleaners? Any junkie will do it for you. Will tell you how much it will cost and tell you how much better a job the junkie can do at doing all the stuff. Just hand over the money. We’ll put it in a Lock Box Paygo Law Ring Fenced Fund.
Later, when the baby is sloshing around in a wet diaper, and who knows what the car looks like because somehow it got misplaced, with the work togs supposedly in it, the junkie will have perfectly logical explanations for everything and not one of them will involve the junkie in any way. The junkie meant well, took the best routes, used the most advanced techniques. It’s just that your money, your car, your good clothes are gone and the baby’s got diaper rash.
Starting to ring a bell?
The government is acting like a junkie. No matter what the situation — Quick! Give us money!
Remember the $100 billion that was extracted from tobacco companies to pay for the treatments some smokers were going to need from Medicaid? And the $100 billion was going to put Medicaid in the pink? And how’s that working out?
Economy hiccups? Quick! Give us money. We’ll put (our government employee) people back to work! It’s for infrastructure. Who care’s if it really gets spent on keeping Starbucks in the teachers’ lounge?
Oil spill? Quick! Give us money!!! World’s getting hotter? Money!! Healthcare too expensive? Give us money!!! Meteor coming? Money!!!
Starting to get a clue. Just like a junkie.
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