Chicken home to roost________________________________________
Good afternoon common sense Americans, this is Jim Morrow with the real Common Sense Commentary.com.
The following is part of one of your e-mails. John G. Is 63 years old and owns a small business. His dream of retiring next year has all but evaporated. With the stock market crashing and new taxes, John assumes now that he will work to his dying day.
John has a granddaughter. Ashley is a college grad., drives a flashy hybrid car, wears all the latest fashions, and loves to go out to nightclubs and restaurants. Ashley campaigned hard for Barack Obama. After the election she made sure her grandfather (and all other Republican family members) received a big I told-you-so earful on how the world is going to be a much better place now that her party is taking over.
Ashley recently ran short of cash and cannot pay the rent (again) on her 3 bedroom townhouse. As she has done many times in the past, she e-mailed her grandfather asking for some financial help.
His Reply: Sweetheart, I received your request for assistance. Ashley, you know I love you dearly and I ‘m sympathetic to your financial plight. Unfortunately, with the election of President Obama, your grandmother and I had to set forth a new economic plan of our own. Your president is raising our personal and business taxes significantly. He says it is so he can give our hard earned money to other people.
Do you know what this means, Ashley? We must cut back on all expenses. You know the receptionist who worked in my office for more than 23 years? I had to let her go last week. I can’t afford to pay her salary and all of the government mandated taxes that go with having employees. Your grandmother will now work 4 days a week to answer phones, take orders and handle the books. That’s just the business side of things.
You know your grandmother and I have given you thousands of dollars in cash, tuition assistance, food, housing, clothing, gifts, etc., etc. But by your vote, you have chosen to help others — not at your expense — but at our expense.
If you need money now sweetheart, I recommend you call 202-456-1111, that is the direct phone number for the White house. You told me how foolish it is to vote Republican. You said Mr. Obama is going to be the People’s President, and is going to help every American live a better life. Based on everything you’ve told me, along with all the promises we heard during the campaign, I’m sure Mr. Obama will be happy to transfer some stimulus money into your bank account.
Obama supporters don’t seem to realize that the money he is redistributing to illegal aliens and non-taxpaying Americans comes from tax-paying families. Remember how you told me, “Only the richest of the rich will be affected”? Well guess what, honey? Because we own a business, your grandmother and I are now considered to be rich
On paper, it might look that way, but in the real world, we are far from it. As you said while campaigning for Obama, some people will have to carry more of the burden so all of America can prosper. You understand what that means, right? It means that raising taxes on productive people results in them having less money; less money for everything, including granddaughters. So, congratulations on your choice for “change.”
Add up the total value things you have received from us, just since you went off to college, and compare it to what you expect to get from Mr. Obama over the next 4 (or 8) years. I have not kept track of it, Ashley. It has all truly been the gift of our hearts. Your “Savior” has the money we would have given to you. Try to get it from him. Good luck, Sweetheart. Grandpa.
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