Posted by
Flatlanders on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 10:29:18 PM
Today's date : January, 2012.
Well, it's been quite a ride.
- Unemployment is hovering around twice as high as when Barry took office. Good news, there's plenty of benefits to not working. See Bill of Lefts article 1.
- Tax revenues are down, deficits are up -- This is because the rich have been using loopholes to avoid paying taxes. But deficits are only a problem for those with money. See Bill of Lefts article 3.
- Health care is finally 'free' so long as you don't count the inflation and taxes that are mixed into everything you buy and do. See Bill of Lefts article 2.
- Energy -- Gas is only $8 per gallon! Home heating -- buy a sweater or two.
- Military -- still short on bullets. Star Wars gone. Meals on wheels up...
- Protection Racket Agreements. The US was attacked early on -- details don't matter -- predictable. Result -- Draft. Kids either have a choice to go into the military or an assortment of feel good programs... Sent a pile of money somewhere to buy a couple more years of 'peace' until the next attack.
- Medicare & Social Security -- Going down faster than predicted, problem for next President.
- Environment -- Global Warming -- gone. It's now Global Cooling. No big -- the Cap and Tax system is being used to help pay energy bills for the poor.
- Stock Market -- up. Companies that donate to Dems get preferential treatment in all sorts of fashions and do well. Small businesses, suffering...
- Unions -- Can't seem to keep track of who is on strike right now... Get back to you tomorrow...
- Minimum wage -- $10 and climbing.
- In God We Trust -- collector's item. Replaced by "Working For All"
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