Fly Me

I am sitting here in the airport and a a little short on time. You see I was counting on the FAA guys to be on furlough thanks to the sequester, but for once congress acted and got that sorted out - they are all apparently back to work - and my flight is not delayed. Great news! Anyway with no delay I can get on the plane right away and be off how nice, but dear readers no time to write this post.

Oh they are calling my name....back in a minute.

Well, seems I have been bumped for some VIP congressman needing to get home.

Coincidence. I think not.

The Kids Allowance

I hold back on paying people when they do not perform as expected. I also cut the kids allowance when they have done something that I am not happy about. Call mean mean spirited, but I have always thought promises should be adhered to and persons paid when they do a good job. Would you pay a plumber who comes out to fix a leak and is unable to do so because he cannot decide how to do it? Or how about an indecisive handyman? I am pretty sure you would not.

This brings me to our current Congress. and government. They want me to pay them for not performing and not making decisions. Actually they seem to want our money for their blustering about and posturing about this and that but doing nothing. That sort of behavior would see me cut the kids allowance, so why not Congress? You just wonder if we cut off their money if they might just start to get things done. Okay, call me a dreamer.

No I am sure we will all (or most of us) send in our tax payments so they can rest assured they get another year to do nothing. What a great job for them, and a very real reason why I think we are just being screwed.

Ah, the Taxman.