Excuse me for my foul language, but the direction this country’s direction is bullshit. I am 22 years old. I REFUSE TO PAY FOR THE MISTAKES OF THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
In case you didn’t know, and thank you Tuesday Morning Quarterback for enlightening me, we have successfully DOUBLED our national debt in the course of 10 years.
Oh, 2x doesn’t sound like that much? Well how about these figures: after-inflation adjusted national debt in 1979 was $1.5 trillion. That isn’t 1979 dollars, that is today’s dollars value.
So over the summer our country decided that an $800 billion increase to our national debt was in order, to fund things like the war in Iraq. Mind you, I have a counter at the top of my website, and it shows that at this moment in time that $556,543,210,000 has been spent on the war in Iraq, TOTAL.
That’s 5 years guys! I mean that’s a lot of money, but that’s hardly over half of the increase the government asked for! I mean what else are they spending MY MONEY ON???
Now if this didn’t directly affect me, I wouldn’t care so much – but when I put in hundreds of dollars a month in something I am supposed to see every penny of back, if not more, in Social Security, I get pissed. But no…. the government just takes, takes, takes.
Now my social security is one thing, and I am PISSED BEYOND BELIEF about the income taxes and everything – but I mean seriously, I get my wages taxed, indiscriminately, and then all my other shit gets taxed too? I have to pay taxes twice? And our debt is higher than ever??
I refuse to pay for our government’s mistakes. I will do everything I can to bitch and moan and bring light to this issue. I am not going to get social security, I know that. Besides the fact that I put in thousands upon thousands of dollars in it, I will never see it again.
Taxes are high. The state of California takes hundreds of dollars a month from me, the Federal Government even more so. Now our debt is out of control, we are fighting a war long since it was worth fighting.
Industries refuse to make new cars running oil free. We are FORCED to pay for foreign oil. We literally pay for it with blood, sweat, and tears. Washington is f’ed up. Washington needs to change. What will either of these two candidates do for us? What will they do for me?