Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of "Free Shit"

 Every two years in the United States we go through the process of congressional elections. This is usually accompanied by a surge in "free shit" that the government tries to give people in exchange for their votes.

This year just in time for the election, there has been a bumper crop of "free shit" available for harvest by voters. 

They started with Social Security payments, which the White House proclaimed were going to be the largest percentage increase in forty years. Of course, the Presidential Press Moron, Karine Jean-Pierre, neglected to mention that the increase was the largest, because this year saw the biggest increase in the cost of living. KJP is simply not fluent in facts. But she works for Joe Biden who isn't fluent in any language, other than lying.

Joe Biden then decided to empty the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to keep the price of gasoline down a little. What no one in government wants to talk about is what it will cost to refill the Strategic Reserve with crude oil prices approaching record heights. We are emptying a reserve we bought at $30 a barrel to refill it with $90 a barrel oil. I'm not good with math, but this sounds like a stupid idea. Of course, stupid comes naturally to Biden.   Biden knows that he is "through in two", so he isn't worried about that. He reminds me of the old Alfred E. Neuman in Mad magazine, "What, me worry?"

If you had to Google Alfred E. Neuman, don't feel bad. In 2019 Trump called Pete Buttigieg, Alfred E. Neuman. Buttigieg had to Google it. At least Alfred didn't have a husband.

Then we come to the grandaddy of "Free Shit". Yes, I am talking about student loan forgiveness. Slow Joe wants to forgive either $10,000 or $20,000 per borrower based on whether you got a Pell grant. As of this writing almost 26 million people have applied for this giveaway. Where will the hundreds of billions of dollars required for this boondoggle be found? This is not a forgiveness of anything. This is a transfer of a debt from the dumbasses who took on the debt to the taxpayers who had no control of it. This plan will probably remain in the court system until 2024 when a liberal judge will approve it in time for the 2024 election. 

Basically, American taxpayers are being forced to pay for people to play in college. Let's face it. How many gender studies majors do we need? How can that even be a class? A slide show, a couple of dummies, and 15 minutes should be enough to explain all of the facts about the two genders. It can't take four years! How about a study of college grads comparing what they studied compared to what they are doing now? I am guessing than 10 years after graduation less than ten per cent of graduates are working in the field they studied. How many liberal arts majors do we need? Just for the record, I have hired several liberal arts grads as waiters and waitresses and a few bartenders. Who knew??

This is all in addition to the free groceries, free rent, free medical care, and free childcare that we give away to the less fortunate and to the lazy. These things are all made possible by taxes paid by those who pay for their own groceries, gas, utilities, childcare, rent, and medical care. 

There are two classes in America, givers and takers. I have given up waiting on a "Thank You" note from the takers. It's time to rip off the training wheels and let them make it on their own, I am with Rick Scott. It's time that everyone pays some income taxes. I believe that the correct expression is "Everyone needs some skin in the game".

A couple of personal notes here. When I was growing up in Tampa, our congressman was Sam Gibbons. Sam was a nice guy and I met him a couple of times. Of course, one time was at the Waffle House, but regular readers would have guessed that. Sam was in the airborne assault on Normandy on D-Day. But when it came to politics, Sam was a Democrat. I was in my early twenties before I realized why my conservative neighbor always referred to him as "Giveaway Gibbons". Suddenly it all made sense. 

Last take on "Free Shit". My ancestors came to this land in the late 1600's and the early 1700's. They didn't come for government housing and food stamps. There is a concept that we need to go back to, soon.