I was doing my manly duty, picking up milk on the way home, when I overheard something interesting in an local convenience store.
20 something: “You mean they went up 60 cents in two days!?”
Clerk: “Yes, that’s the new federal tax. The rest of them go up next week.”
The younger man was complaining about the price of his favorite, off brand cigarettes.
Seeing an opportunity, I opened my pie hole.
Me: “How do ya like that ‘change’?”
Others turn and look at me.
Me: “I don’t know if anyone here makes $250,000 a year, but it looks like someone just got a tax increase.”
Clerk: “I guess cigarettes don’t count. Just wait until they tax the booze.”
Me: “Just wait until all the other new taxes go though.”
Some of the people in line seemed interested. One older gentleman talked about taxing GOLF COURSES. It was time to pay for my milk, so the conversation petered out. I don’t know if anyone “woke up” over this little exchange, but maybe they’ll think more when their hidden taxes hit them.
On a serious note, we should look for “teachable moments.” When we see that someone is being hit with results of the messiah’s “change,” we should say something. I’ll stick with “How do ya like that change?”
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Matt
I believe that future generations should have the same opportunities that myself, and those that came before me, had. My parents taught me that I could do anything I wanted to do. I don’t want to have to tell my daughter, “You can do whatever the government tells you to do.” We are at a crossroads in this country; are we going to be free, or are we going to be slaves to the nanny state. I choose freedom.
b. Hussein has to pay for all that liberal pork somehow. He could take the entire paycheck of everyone making $250,000 or more and NEVER COME CLOSE to paying for his policies.
Watch: Next he’ll tax flushes, breaths, and ejaculations.
Dr. Dave, that is a rather unsettling idea. Of course, we can always use Pres. Clinton’s nebulous definition of sex and confuse matters even more.
That’s why I am so thankful for the CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE Translation Matrix. It makes all the tax increases we’ll be paying much less of a surprise.