What Will They Think of Next?

Want to see what a downward spiral looks like? Then take a gander at America’s present state of affairs. Just this morning, a bill was signed into law that would ensure over 160,000 teachers their jobs for another year. Sounds great, right? Wrong. This law is going to cost “us” big time. Not only will the $26 billion law hike up taxes for multinational corporations, but the law will also steal from the poor. Yes, that’s right: STEAL FROM THE POOR. In order to provide the funds for this new law (without dipping into the ever-growing national deficit) our nation’s food stamp program will lose a portion of its funding—funding that was promised to the program during last year’s government bailouts. But that’s not a big deal; it’s only FOOD, right? And, it gets better. In order for several states to get their part of the money, they have to spend millions of dollars that they don’t have. So, if you’re keeping score, that means that we are hiking up taxes (basically going back on our word), stealing from the poor and forcing people to spend money they don’t have. Now I’m not saying that teachers aren’t worth the trouble. They basically build the foundation of our future. But, because teachers are so important, don’t they deserve a long-term solution instead of just a temporary fix that will only “guarantee” their jobs for one more year? And what are we going to do next year when we run into this same issue, or worse? This is not a permanent solution by any means. The countless measures the government has taken to keep this country “afloat” are becoming something close to ridiculous. I wonder how the government will cover-up the fallout from their latest folly?