So Obama’s new budget will having him spending $25,000 per tax payer. At this point, I’m all for just completely disbanding the federal government because it can’t be doing anything I couldn’t do way cheaper with $50,000 for me and SarahK. For that money, I could make sure terrorists don’t attack me, shoot my own criminals, and have plenty of money left over to give myself a huge rebate. I think a federal government is a great thing to have, but no way it’s worth $50,000 a year to my family. I’d pay maybe $5,000 a year for the terrorist killing… maybe more if the military promises to get moving on genetically resurrecting dinosaurs so they can put rocket launchers on them. But that’s all I’ll pay for; I don’t want any of that other crap.
“Kill terrorists; none of that other crap” should be the new motto for the Republican Party in regards to the federal government. We should be promising the trimmed down Windows 7 version of federal government to the Democrats’ giant, bloated, malfunctioning Vista. That’s how we distinguish ourselves and get a movement going.
A linux government. just vi, even Emacs is too bloated. No X either.
Frank, you are my new hero. That his awesome. Kill Terrorists. None Of The Other Crap!
So, add that to the $168,000 we could have gotten from all the previous “economic stimulator” bills, and ….. what economic crisis?? If everyone could have paid off all their debt or massively increased their spending, that would have done FAR MORE for fixing this economy than nationalizing banks, taking over bad debts and moving our nation towards marxist socialism.
Actually, I think government is a Mac.
A bunch of clunky, proprietary crap that no one’s allowed to make a better version of for themselves, and it only actually benefits about 10% of the population.
A la carte’ selections of which gov’t programs to opt-in and pay for is GENIUS! No snark! It is hard to picture that ever becoming reality but it would solve nearly every one of our national problems – and a lot of my personal ones.
Busterdog: Amen! Candidates for public office should have to prove they can handle a command line. Would weed out a lot of idiots. Though I’m getting rusty, I still say “gimme vi+awk+grep+csh scripts and I can do just about anything!”
The Federal Government is like Windows 3.1! Don’t even think about comparing it to Vista! That is what it’s going to look like after 8 years of Obama – A totally massively gargantuan pig with lipstick on it but one that doesn’t do anything except eat and eat and eat. In Vista’s case it’s memory, in the Fed’s case it will be your tax money and your babies!
My MAC is cool, runs on a way cool OS, is way cool to use, and does not require lipstick! Thank you!
No, I think Frank’s on the right track, disbanding the government and starting fresh is the
bestreally the only option we have left.Barring that, I say we divide America into 2 halves (it already is anyway): those that voted for Obama live under his policies, those that voted for Palin live under hers. That’s the only way, the fairest way, for voters to put up or shut up.
The good news is that Obama just announced that “Shovels are hitting the ground” on the stimulus package.
I wonder whose grave they are digging?
And, more importantly, where are the buckets?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/03/stimulus/?iref=mpstoryview
My MAC is cool, runs on a way cool OS, is way cool to use, and does not require lipstick!
Oh, I like MAC lipstick…or, um, uh, are we talking about make up here????
I haven’t had sugar for 48 hours, I’m a little off today.
If my wife and I could get that 25,000 each ,I figure I can get a 50 cal BMG and about 6 or 7 thousand rounds for it. (home defence)
That’s 25,000 we pay in the future, on top of the payment we get to make next month for this year’s existing taxes.
Beware of products (macintoshes) and politicians (the obamessiah) sold as religions.
That’s just for 2009, right?
Next year they’ll have to double it, to compensate for the inflation.
Obama is Kenyan for “spends money like a drunken sailor and has the morals of the same”.
Seanmahair – I used to be a drunken sailor. Are you trying to make me cry? I promise, I never once spent other peoples money or tried to destroy a free society. Just kidding about being hurt. Our federal government spends money so irresponsibly that even drunken sailors are appalled.
Who needs paved roads anyway?
[If it will save us money, I’ll buy an ATV.
Or a hover car! -Ed.]