Ken Copper: Pay UP! The Piggies in D.C. Are Hungry

"The country doesn't have a spending problem, we have a paying for problem."--Steny Hoyer (D-MD)

"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something."-- PLATO

"Paying taxes is like making love to a gorilla. You ain't done until the gorilla is done."--Me

Well, if I were running the show in D.C. the hogs in the house and the bloodsuckers in the senate would have their credit cards confiscated and their travel allowances taken away. And, as for the arrogant amateur in the White House, no more Hawaiian vacations, Tiger Woods weekends, or feckless jaunts to Martha's Vineyard. And, while your at it B.H.O., give me the keys to Air Force One!

Can you tell it's TAX TIME? Well, actually, like most mere mortals, I am paying someone to do my taxes. Ever since the political class discovered that there is profit in confusion, they have done everything in their power to add ever more confusing layers to the labyrinth of nonsensical tax law. Loop holes?! Find me one, PLEASE!

It would be different if the "revenue,"the new democrat term for taxes, were destined to be "invested", the new democrat way of saying "pissed away", on programs and personnel truly necessary to the country. Naturally, that is not the case.

No, the clueless clowns we have marched off to Washington via our ill informed votes have seen fit to sink us trillions of bucks in debt by divvying it up on wasteful programs with more lives than a Hindu alley cat.

FOR EXAMPLE:

$1.5 billion per year subsidizing phone service for the "needy". Apparently 16,500,000 of our fellow Americans don't know someone from whom they could borrow a phone to make that all important call to secure a J O B.

$1 million for the "Mars menu". Even though we have no plans for manned space flight to Mars, NASA spends that amount to plan for a variety of food that humans could eat one day on the red planet. Redhots anyone?

$325,000 on the development of "Robosquirrel"--a robotic rodent designed to test the interaction between rattlesnakes and squirrels. (Ready to write that check yet?)

$70 million for the production of pennies. Pennies cost 2.5 times more to make than they are worth.

Could somebody please get their head out of their ass on this one??!!

$700,000 for the National Science Foundation to produce a musical about climate change and biodiversity. "The Great Immensity" opened this year in Kansas City. The audience, I'm told, was able to experience "flying monkey poop" as part of this wonderful evening of theater.

And, of course, no rant about wasting our money would be complete without a mention of the program expanding even faster than American waistlines-- food stamps. Our friends in Washington dish out billions to citizens too stupid to feed themselves. Kids we can excuse, but how do you explain the exotic dancer who earned more than $85k in tips last year yet qualified for $1k per month in food stamps while she spent $9k on "cosmetic enhancements"?? Also, somebody needs to explain the signs I see in liquor stores that say "We accept the EBT card". Does that have anything to do with that old "beer is liquid bread" canard?

Since the dreaded SEQUESTER kicked in we have managed to save a little money. Okay, so planes are falling out of the sky, widows and orphans have been tossed out in the snow, prisons have loosed killers upon the land and the White House tours have been cancelled. So what? The really important things such as White House calligraphy have not been neglected. Yes, through all the hand wringing and gnashing of teeth, the U.S. government continues to fund the salaries of THREE full time calligraphers for the White House at a cost of $277,050 per year.

As a buddy of mine opined, "Like myrrh, you can never have too much calligraphy."

Think of that as April 15 approaches.