Yep and we have to buy it by the tub it seems the last few years.     He throws in the rock salt and sand for free though   

Lucky13
In NYS, the Empire of Cuomo, we regular folks are lucky if we can afford the Vaseline! L13

Guys no worries... there's always welfare!!!

Strange how things have changed.  We were raised to study hard, work hard and perhaps you'll make something of yourself.  Today's message is quite the opposite, work, don't work, but if you do don't earn too much because it'll impact your ability to receive subsidies.  Subsidies for votes is a new and improved form of slavery.  God Bless America. 

"life, its the ultimate sin, a game with no rules you are expected to win"

Some people think they've won if they end up with the most toys.
Some think they win if they build some kind of giant monument to their egos.
Some think by doing the most good they win.
In the end its a game that nobody wins.
 
 
 

troutbum21
Strange how things have changed.  We were raised to study hard, work hard and perhaps you'll make something of yourself.  Today's message is quite the opposite, work, don't work, but if you do don't earn too much because it'll impact your ability to receive subsidies.  Subsidies for votes is a new and improved form of slavery.  God Bless America. 

Apparantly there are a lot of people in favor of slavery as a way of life as they keep voting for it.However the slaves of today just sit on their fat asses and collect their checks while the people that think they should work for their living pay for the "lazy asses".

I believe the start of it all came from reforms that Lyndon b. Johnson set ...but correct me if I'm wrong as im no historian. I looked at a multi graph measuring the unemployment rates, welfare and all other public aids and it seems as if after all of these years its gotten us no where except stuck in the most "un" politically incorrect society... I do believe there are honest folks that do need or deserve the help, but it seems to be a viscious snowball that will not stop rolling. Too many scammers and dishonest people taking hard earned money from honest hard workers... and on the opposite end you've got rich corporates receiving billions in tax credits for whatever scam them and their lawyers put together. It definitely sucks big time. I've accepted being stuck in the middle for the time being though. I have more important things in life to do instead of trying to change the world. And I agree with twobob that in the end who really wins?

Wow , I like Charlie sheen always like to think I'm winning. With all the pitfalls that get thrown at me I still have family , friends and get to enjoy time doing the things that make me smile in most situations. If I could leave all the B.S. behind I surly would but its some of the struggles of life that make me appreciate the fun even more and I'm not ready to die just yet.
Many things are so outta control that are far beyond my just ****ing . We ( I ) only do that to release the day to day pressures then thankfully I get to do the things I enjoy most.

Ah well, with this snow is ( has) brought me down a bit too and maybe after trying to drag a sled through it this weekend I might just be calling for the spring dance from Jack to welcome the stripers out back again .

Good luck to the tail washer lodge.

Andy,yes L Johnson started the "great society" and now we are where we are today.I agree that there are those that need help because of bad breaks in life but today it has become a career for many.I feel anyone on the take should have to work on public service jobs until they get a real job.I also feel that food stamps should be for the bare neccesties of life not shopping carts full of Dorritos,you ever stand behind these people in a cashier line and see what they buy?
Then you have the other end of the income scale where bankers get millions $ "bonus" for driving the entire economy to the brink of financial disaster!
And you're right....in the end we all meet the real boss.
 
Rich,yes the spring dance should start soon.....at the moment I'm too tired from moving snow week/day after week/day.

troutbum21
  Subsidies for votes is a new and improved form of slavery. 

Bread and Circus!  Its been around for 2000 years!


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