Sunday, January 12, 2014

What did you want to be when you grew up?

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a cowboy. 

Then I went through a phase (when I had a Honda XR-75) where I wanted to be a professional daredevil/motorcyclist like Evel Knievel.

I had other friends who wanted to be professional athletes, farmers, or (occasionally) marijuana distributors. 

One really close friend wanted to be a lawyer.  He's now in jail for mortgage fraud. 

The girls I knew wanted to be nurses, teachers, or mothers. 

But I don't think I knew a single person who grew up wanting to be a household slave.  And if you live in the USA, that's what you're going to be until sometime around April 18th. 

April 18th will be the day you can stop working for Barack, Boehner, Bush and Co. and start working for yourself.  It's called "Tax Freedom Day", and occurs later and later every year. 



You might think that you're working from January 1 through April 18th for the good of society.  Seriously? 

Do you think Cash For Clunkers, TARP, or Porkulus were for the good of "society"?  If so, I need you to come wash my truck.  Partly because I need it done, mostly because you're an idiot, and maybe because you had an adolescent fantasy of being forced into some bondage gear and forced to shine Nancy Pelosi's shoes. 

Who are you working for today?  Did you sign a "social contract" stating that you would give Barack the money you earned through April 18th? 

I didn't think so. 



It's time for a slave revolt. 

The Libertarian Party awaits. 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

A Marine, then a cop, then a fed...

I grew up since then.

gfa

MingoV said...

The Libertarian Party will be awaiting for a long time. Think of what it takes to be a libertarian: self-reliance, independent thinking, tolerance and a live-and-let-live attitude, honesty and fair dealing, respect for other persons and their property, and an aversion to using force. Less than 2% of the population meets those criteria. You want a libertarian society, then work with those 2% and create one. You sure as hell aren't going to convert an existing nation into one.