Apr 25 2008
I’ve Said It Before…
…I’ll say it again. Our mass media is filled with a bunch of morons. Another great line from CNN:
Imagine your rich uncle calls up out of the blue and says, “I’m going to send you six hundred bucks – spend it however you want.” That’s exactly what’s Uncle Sam is about to do for millions of taxpayers.
Except, of course, that your rich uncle they speak of didn’t TAKE that $600 from you in the first place. Repeat after me: The government is giving me back what it already took from me. This is not a bonus check. This is not “free” money. This is money you have already put in the system.
Remember, the government gets a majority of it’s “income” from YOU. About 43% in income taxes and another 32% on social security taxes. So about 77% of what the government takes in is from your pocket, one way or another.
Okay, so maybe I’m harping too much on a FREE $600. But it doesn’t sound so impressive when you realize that $462 of that came from your bank account. So, it’s only $138 of FREE MONEY.
Unless, of course, you figure that the 13% government income from corporate income taxes gets billed back to you one way or another. So, I guess it’s only $60 in free money. But 6 more percent of the government income is a deficit, so it’s down to $24.
Doesn’t sound so exciting now, does it?
3 Responses to “I’ve Said It Before…”
Now, I’m playing a little fast an loose with the numbers here, but the actual dollars aren’t what I’m bitching about. I’m bitching about how the media, and the bozos in government, so badly want you to think that this is a “bonus check” you somehow earned. It’s not. The money got there somehow, and that somehow is the taxes you paid, or will pay.
I will gladly take *my* money back and make Bush happy. But…only because I really want to buy an electronic drum kit that oddly costs exactly $600. It’s a sign…sure…haha whatever gets me through the day.
An Alesis DM5? That’s the only one I found for $600.
I say, spend away, as it’s your money. That’s cool with me. I’ll probaly spend it on electronics parts. I get sick of people spinning it like “whoo-whoo-free-money”.
P.S. It’s kinda funny that my re-captcha words for this comment are “WORKERS monetary”. LOL.