I wasn't going to be too political on my blog. Corey is an issue voter, which makes him saner than me, because I am what my Aunt Jean has affectionately dubbed one of those liberal pukes. My dad, from whom I learned such compassion, is also a liberal, though he's become less pukey of one the older he gets.
But this is just too brilliant not to share with anybody who ever looks at this blog. It cannot be limited to the three email inboxes it was shared among. I will not tell you names, but I will tell you that the people featured below are all mentioned in the paragraph above. It all begins with a forwarded message called "Dear Grandad"
OK...this is a simple letter..but I need the 2 of you to read this and explain to me how we are all gonna be better off...I am really trying to look at the positive side of Obama's stimulus package.
Letter From Granddad
An excellent letter for children who are expecting an inheritance, as well...)
I guess that most of you heard that 68% of the youth vote went to Obama. My granddaughter called this morning to tell me she was one of them. I replied with this e-mail:
Dear Granddaughter,
The election of Obama comes down to this. Your grandmother and I, your mother, and other productive, wage-earning tax payers will have their taxes increased and that means less income left over. Less income means we will have to cut back on basic purchases, gifts and handouts That includes firing the lady who cleans our house twice a month. She just lost her job. We can't afford her anymore.
What is the economic effect of Obama's election on you personally? Over the years, your grandmother and I have given you thousands of dollars in food, housing, cash, clothing, gifts, etc. By your vote, you have chosen another family over ours for help. So in the future, if you need assistance with your rent, money for gas, tires for your car, someone to bring you lunch, etc., call 202-456-1111. That's the telephone number for the Office of the President of the United States . I'm sure Mr. Obama will be happy to send a check from his personal or business accounts (as we have), or will leave cash in an envelope taped to his front door for you, as we have.
It's like this. Those who vote for the President of the United States should consider what the impact of an election will be on the nation as a whole and not just be concerned with what they can get for themselves (welfare, stimulus checks, etc.). What Obama voters don't seem to realize is that the government's money comes from taxes collected from tax paying families. Raising taxes on productive people means they will have less money to spend on their families.
Congratulations on your choice. For future reference, you might attempt to add up all you have received from us, your mom, Mike's parents and others and compare it to what you expect to get over the next four years from Mr. Obama. To personally congratulate Mr. Obama (and to make sure you're on the list for handouts), write to:
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20500
We Love You, honey, but in the future please call the number listed above when you need help.
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REPLY #1
Depends on how much your state needs stimulating. I'm on the fence about the stimulus. When gas is cheap for consumers, it is bad for the state of Louisiana , because a little less than 20% of our general funds come from the oilfield. So last year's budget and the coming year's budget were written by our Prodigal Governor based on the revenues generated from oil that was $140 a barrel. Which it no longer is. So for the remainder of this year (to July 1) the state has had to cut $38 million from its operating budget. For the next fiscal year, beginning July 1, we are $1 billion in the hole. Every state agency has had to submit budget projections to the administration showing budget cuts ranging from 18% to 34%. Since there is a higher percentage of mandatory funds than discretionary funds, this means that these cuts will be absorbed by 40% of the budget areas. Small things, like closing state parks, are inconsequential when you consider that the biggest cuts will be to HEALTHCARE and HIGHER EDUCATION. The situation is dire enough that LSU would be cutting faculty and removing academic programs. However, the $3.8 billion Louisiana will receive from the stimulus package over the next three years will keep us from cutting back our healthcare programs and keep ALL public universities from laying off staff/faculty and cutting programs, which results in a significant drop in college enrollment for the state of Louisiana . That being said, I am aware that $780 billion has to be generated somehow, and I am not brushing aside that concern. I am deeply concerned about the stimulus package, and how long it's going to take me and Corey and Jake and Landen to pay for immediate stimulation, and damned if Buddy Roemer may be right about what a mistake this is, but at the same time I am thanking Sweet Baby Jesus for this stimulus. Because Louisiana hasn't been panicking like this since the 80s, I'm told. So, this is bittersweet for me, I guess.
Oh, and I would like to knock the disrespect out of the douche who wrote this letter. Like him or not, he is the President, and he should be addressed and referred to as such. Mr is unacceptable, uncouth and disrespectful to the office, whatever person, any previous idiot, holding it.
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REPLY #2
To start with, when you realize we are spending 8-10 billion a month in Iraq, and they have a 180 billion dollar surplus in their treasury because we have been building all their schools and hospitals, and digging all their wells, and providing medical care to all their people, you might see where some of the stimulus money may come from. Now that Cheney is out of office, he can no longer steal at the rate he was stealing (eg. Halliburton, Blackwater, and Dresser) that should help. 700 billion of the stimulus was authorized by W before he left, and that is included in the whole package. At least one-half of the package is in guaranteed loans to banks, insurance companies, brokerage houses and GM, and is supposed to be paid back. Large chunks of it are grants to States, which should replace the highway/Medicaid/education funds they would have gotten over the next three years anyway. So a lot of the package is just money moved around we were spending, or would have spent, anyway.
President Obama is our president whether you voted for him or not, regardless of his race, creed, or previous condition of servitude. We are in deep shit; financially, militarily, diplomatically, environmentally. All of us, R’s or D’s, white or black, even douche bags, need for him to do well. If one has no patriotism, one should hope for President Obama out of pure self-interest, for we will all go down together. He is the only President we have, and we should all be for him, hoping he is right.
And only a chickenshit Republican douche bag would threaten to cut off his children because he did not like the way they voted. Maybe his children and grandchildren voted for President Obama because they were fed up with dishonest, money-grubbing, lying, crying and stealing assholes who had led us down the wrong path, selling us out to big oil, big pharmacy and big defense contractors, wasting our reputation abroad, leading us into vain, useless and wasteful wars, and pissing away the lives of almost 4000 of our people to prove one Bush had a bigger dick than another, to mention only a few of the reasons why the Republicans got their asses kicked.
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