On the edge of living off the grid

When I say living off the grid, I mean it in the sense of Weeds Season 6 where they are in a broken down Jesus slathered motorhome parked in a ghost town in the midwest because they have no where else to go.  I don't necessarily mean it in the green sense of turning off your electricity and utilities, although the lack of services and utilities is a distinct possibility.

While I've been through domestic abuse, overwhelming debt, job layoffs, chauvanistic bosses, death, and car accidents, it's somehow different to be in the position of not having a job (the dream job that you love) because there's not enough money in the state's budget and the college can't pay you anymore, and this on top of your spouse not having a job.  The prospect of no healthcare, draining our retirement accounts, and eventually losing it all looms in the distance.  But what about people who don't have retirement accounts to drain?  What about those who have already "lost it all" or never had anything to lose?

Why exactly do corporations need bigger tax cuts?  Oh yeah, that's right, they're going to create more jobs (overseas).  That way we still won't have jobs and we won't have any tax income to provide basic services to the people of the United States.  Even if I get a good job tomorrow, can I really forget what this nation is doing to its people?  Can I really go on blindly with "I'm ok.  My family's ok"   I just don't think that's enough anymore.  Too many people are suffering while the superrich get away with it all.

Taxes and protesting

This story is just too good! If you find it ironic that middle class republicans support all the tax breaks for the rich....read on...

http://www.alternet.org/story/132440/the_hilarious_hypocrisy_of_the_gop%27s_so-called_%27tea_bag_revolution%27/?page=1

Paying Taxes

For years I've said that I don't mind paying taxes; I just want to make sure that my money is going to good use.
I am astounded that the rich rulers of the republican party have managed to convince the average republican citizen that taxes are a bad thing, and that somehow they are paying for someone to "slack off"--someone who's taking advantage of welfare or beating the system in some way. While the reality is that someone on Wallstreet or heading a big corporation is the person who is really getting away with something. I've never tried to live off of welfare money, but it certainly can't be easy or enough to have a life filled with material prosperity! It might be enough to just get by.
I just laugh when I hear these party rulers in Congress cautioning citizens that paying more taxes is a bad thing. If we get better public transportation, green energy, healthcare, and other services, how in the hell can it be a waste of money??? Those will save me, my children, or our planet somewhere down the line. It sounds like a smart investment to me.
I want to pay taxes and I want the taxes to go to benefit us all. Maybe I'm a socialist, but I don't have a problem with that. I don't see socialism as something threatening (I guess because I'm against the excesses of Capitalism.) I see socialism as a smart way for a country to take care of all its people instead of just monetarily rewarding those at the top, providing a few meager services for those at the bottom, and leaving the rest in the middle to fend for themselves.
So go ahead President Obama - increase my taxes -- I just ask that you make sure they are spent wisely and tell me what I'm getting for my money!

(Of course, with three kids and a meager middle class income, I probably never pay any taxes anyway....but I would be willing! :) )