All I Have To Say

All I have to say is this. A story. A true one.


I have a lot of friends. Some of them are from school and are all off at universities scattered across Oregon, Washington and California. The ones I spend time with are different. Some of them are faces, some have names and nicknames. Then are the friends who I spent my entire summer with. One is currently enrolled in a community college who so far has failed every class. Second friend went to a trade college but dropped out more than a year ago. Third friend has been considering going to college but has decided not to. Fourth friend has never been to college nor do they have immediate plans to go to college.

All are unemployed. Between their motivation to find a job and the status of the economy, I do not predict them becoming employed anytime soon.

Then there is me. I'm going to make money someday. It won't be right away but eventually I'll live comfortably. Will my friends? I can't say. I am sure of one thing though.

I do not want to pay for my friends to live.

That is stupid. Taxing wealthy people who worked hard to earn what they have to pay for the lazy who couldn't be bothered is wrong. While Obama may think the solution to all his social programs is increasing the taxes for those in a higher tax bracket, this is wrong. Do you get it?

We pay for schools, for education. That is good. We pay for police, for safety. That is good. We pay for fire departments, road repairs, parks etc. That is good.

That's where I draw the line.