Morning Feature: The government has drowned

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The government has drowned in the bathtub

It was on the news and all over cable a while ago. BREAKING NEWS, the government has drowned in the bathtub. CPR did not revive her and we are on our own. There were cheers from some people and stunned silence from others. The people who were cheering were quite giddy. The 13,794 (2009) lobbyists were in a state of shock. The 58 million people on social security were crying, as were the 20 million who work for various parts of the government. The 1.3 Million in armed forces and the 674K support people did not hear the news right away.

My life has been interesting since then. The good news is that I don’t pay any taxes. As someone once said, “It’s your money and you can spend it more wisely than the government.” I’d really like to have a word with that man. The other small piece of good news is that there are NO more irritating ads on TV for people running for elected office.

Let me tell you what life has been like…

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Some corporation with one of those names that looks vaguely Greek took over the formerly city water and those rates also skyrocketed. In addition to paying more for my water, I no longer know if it’s safe to drink. One of my neighbors is a scientist and he’s been testing it for us, as there were reports in the next suburb over than contaminants have been found in their water and people were seriously ill. Because it’s gone, we can’t call city hall.

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1. Interesting description of what could happen.

I think we are in for some of the changes mentioned in it. There is just no way to get around the fact that democracy is broken and wont be fixed anytime in the future.

I think the Dancing Supremes are going to get their licks in before we totally disintegrate though. I think their next ruling will be doing away with bankruptcy for private citizens and making debt inheritable. That is if your parents die with thousands of dollars on their credit cards, you now owe their credit card companies. If debt will be inheritable, they will have to create debtor prison laws to force people to pay. I'm sure the Dancing Supremes will get on that one right away.

Welcome to the new corporate state.