bubbaloo

The government can't stand individual thinkers. It's all about control, and money.

It seems all you liberal fucks are always trying to convince yourselves that things are good. Live in the real world. I'll bet none of you have ever owned a business and felt the pain that your leaders inflict.

Don't ever get any idea that Britain has the monopoly on do as I say- not as I do. And remember- the Pilgrims left there to come here because life was not restrictive enough in England. I lived there- way more open on some things sexual than we ever will be. Still pretty Socialist on most things though. We're doing our best to catch up.

All Hail TiredTraveller. At last one American that sees the way things really are, and has answers to fix the problems. Now if we could somehow elect leadership to actually fix something, instead of telling us how well off we are.

Listen to the news all you want, spout off numbers till you're blue in the face. People at the top and those at the bottom might be better off, mostly from government handouts for doing nothing, Just ask anyone that works for a living if they have any more money in their pockets- they'll disagree that things are better. 10 years go diesel fuel and gas were $1 gallon, or so. Now $4 and over $3 respectively. All diesel trucks get half the fuel mileage and have horrible reliability beacause of government emission mandates. My medical insurance has more than quadrupled- for much worse coverage. Because of these and so many other costs- everything has gone up in price drastically. I own a small business- I have raised my rates significantly to cover my increased costs. Also- when I go out, especially on a weekend night, I notice bars, restauraunts, so on empty compared to just a few years ago when there was a line to get in. I cut more and more spending from my professional and personal life. Actually think about how I spend every $ now. I still do fine- but I'm way tighter with my money than just 3 or 4 years ago. In discussions with other small business owners- we agree- we all work much harder for less. We also think very hard before we hire employees or invest in new equipment. My point is this- Things may look good for the people in the stock market, and those that massage numbers may be in a false happiness. but those of us middle class that do most of the work and pay most of the taxes don't see it.