Kayla got me to go on it last year. You get on it, go up the hill and down the hill very flume-like and then float down the flume river.
And then it takes you into an elevator. It's dark. You have no where what's going to happen. Then the doors open and you can't see anything but sky.
And then you free fall down the track much like a roller coaster, up and down and around til you get back to the start.
That has been my mental analogy for the way our country is headed. You go through a big fall, you think the ride is calming down and all of a sudden you're in a tunnel and have no idea how bad the fall is on the other side.
I know alot of people have been worried about their jobs and the economy. And frankly, that hadn't really ever entered into my brain as something to worry about.. because we have a contract with Uncle Sam.
However... it seems Uncle Sam has been possessed with Ebenezer Scrouge or King George. Sorta. And if Congress doesn't pass a budget, they have decided they're going to shut down the government. Only while those who work at the Smithsonian get a vacation and will get back paid if things go as they did in 1995... The military is expected to continue to work. The guys over seas are still fighting and getting blown up and they're not going to be paid for it until a budget is passed.
Congress, on the other hand.. welll..... they'll be getting paid. They exclude themselves like fat kings from all the things all us peasants go through. Nice of them, isn't it?
And I've been stewing about our out of control government and debt for a while... the thing that's really annoying me is that they hadn't done anything about it until now.
And the enlisted, particularly the junior enlisted typically live hand to mouth. Even a few days delay in pay is going to be hard for them to get through. And it's not like they can go collect unemployment. Seriously, is there anywhere else other than slavery that they will force you to work and pay you at whim or not at all?
And consider this...
They're armed. They are trained to kill people. Do you really really want to have them that pissed off at you, dear congressman?
And all the entitlement senior Citizens? How do you think they'll vote when their check doesn't come next month?
And the nursing homes and hospitals who aren't paid for the patients on medicare?
Ya know what? Go ahead. Try it. Let's see what happens. I've been thinking nothing sort of something seriously drastic would change the course of our country.
Sadly, I don't think it will be our country when the dust settles, and that makes me sad. But really, Uncle Sam, we've been growing apart for some time now. It's not you, it's me. No.. wait. It is you.
ETA: They passed a bill to pay the military through December. Yeah. I'm a little relieved. I wish they'd fix our insolvency problem.
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