Thursday, June 28, 2012

5:30 a.m.

It's 5:30 in the morning and 78 degrees outside.




I am about to stand outside in the blistering heat for most of the day while I and my brother try to manage our daily schedule and the 20 employees we have while worrying over the usual things associated with operating your own business.

Our dad did it before us, his father before him and we owe it all to the both of them for our good fortune and also for instilling within us a strong work ethic. We've always worked hard and always will.

Then, this morning, I read this article about an advertising campaign paid for with my tax dollars that is encouraging people to throw parties in an effort to share with others the wonderful world of food stamps. Couple this story with the news of a woman being fired for refusing to sell cigarettes to someone with an EBT (food stamp) card and it has become clear that our government is a clear and present danger to our well-being.

Eventually, the great working mass of our population will tire of supporting the ever-greater minority of those on the dole and that fact is going to make for a long, hot summer.

Taxpayer beware.

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