JJ BANKS’ Blog

     So a month after Tax Day I’ve finally found out what our tax dollars pay for:

     The Feds take an estimated $938.7 billion from taxpayers.

     $337.9 billion - funds Social Security, Medicare, and other retirement benefits.

     $215.9 billion - funds national defense

     $178.3 billion - funds assorted social programs

     $112.6 billion - funds student loans

     $75.1 billion - pays the interest on America’s $9.4 trillion federal debt

       $18.8 billion - funds federal law enforcement agencies

     Taking a closer look at this you can see the biggest chunk goes to old people and wait….Social Security? Now why do my taxes go towards Social Security when I have money already taken out of my paycheck for that? You want to know why? Because federal programs don’t fucking work!!! The Government goes by The Golden Rule - those who have the gold, make the rules. And since the Federal Reserve basically runs this country flawed government institutions will continue to go on and us the taxpayers will continue to foot the bill. Some people say America should have Universal Healthcare. Are these people out of their fucking minds? It’s not my fault you didn’t pay attention in class so you weren’t able to get a good job with a good company that has health benefits. Now you want The Government to bail you out? Good luck, because you can see how efficient they are with money based on our $9.4 trillion debt. Besides, an individual’s health is their own personal responsibility and not the duty of the state. If you let The Government in charge of your health you’re just giving them more control than they already have of your life.   

     Here’s the story: apparently you can boil a frog alive if the water is heated slowly enough. It is said that if a frog is placed in boiling water it will jump out, but if the frog is placed in cold water that is slowly heated it will never jump out.

      Is this true? I don’t know and I don’t care, the point is that radical change scares people and doesn’t work. Turn up the heat on them slowly and they’ll never notice. The Government understands this. Income Tax and Social Security are withheld from your paycheck. You never even had the money in your hand so you never miss it. And it’s funny how excited we get when The Government sends us our refund checks in the spring, eventhough this is an interest free loan we give them and is basically the equivalent of you getting your change back at WaWa after buying a Reese’s Big Cup with a five dollar bill.

     So why are our pots starting to bubble? It’s because a whole heckuva lot of people out there think the government should be doing everything for everyone. So we have a situation where The Government is doing for people what people should be doing for themselves and the taxpayers footing the bill are barely noticing. We’re inching toward full-fledged socialism without even realizing it.

     Maybe what we need to do is make taxes due one week before the general election. I’m sure this would get some conversations started about how much is enough when it comes to The Government’s spending.

HAPPY TAX DAY!!!