Woodtick
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Number of posts : 3254
Registration date : 2008-11-15
Age : 74
Location : Wood County West Virginia
 | | Subject: A "Life's Lesson" for living in "Today's America" (Good One) Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:52 pm | |
| John G. Is 63 years old and owns a small business. He's a
life-long Republican and sees his dream of retiring next year has all but
evaporated. With the stock market crashing and new taxes coming his way, John
assumes now that he will work to his dying day.
John has a granddaughter.. Ashley is a recent college grad. She
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.
Having lost both roommates, Ashley recently ran short of cash
and cannot pay the rent (again) on her 3 bedroom townhouse.. Like she has done
many times in the past, she e-mailed her grandfather asking for some financial
help.
Here is 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, times have changed. With the election of
President Obama, your grandmother and I have had to set forth a bold new
economic plan of our own..."The Ashley Economic Empowerment Plan." Let me
explain.
Your grandmother and I are life-long, wage-earning tax payers.
We have lived a comfortable life, as you know, but we have never had the fancier
things like European vacations, luxury cars, etc.. We have worked hard and were
looking forward to retiring soon. But the plan has changed. 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?
It means less for us, and we must cut back on many business and personal
expenses.
You know the wonderful receptionist who worked in my office for
more than 23 years? The one who always gave you candy when you came over to
visit? 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.
We will be closed on Fridays and will lose even more income to the
Wal-Mart.
I'm also very sorry to report that your cousin Frank will no
longer be working summers in the warehouse. I called him at school this
morning.. He already knows about it and he's upset because he will have to give
up skydiving and his yearly trip to Greenland to survey the polar
bears.
That's just the business side of things. Some personal economic
effects of Obama's new taxation policies include none other than you You know
very well that over the years 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 can also
contact the White House here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/CONTACT/
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You yourself 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. Have him call me for the
account number which I memorized years ago..
Perhaps you can now understand what I've been saying all my
life: those who vote for a president should consider the impact on the nation as
a whole, and not be just concerned with what they can get for themselves. What
Obama supporters don't seem to realize is all of the money he is redistributing
to illegal aliens and non-taxpaying Americans (the so-called "less fortunate")
comes from tax-paying families.
Remember how you told me, "Only the richest of the rich will be
aff ected"? Well guess what, honey? Because we own a business, your grandmother
and I are now considered to be the richest of the 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.
I'm sorry, Ashley, but the well has run dry.. The free lunches
are over.. I have no money to give you now. So, congratulations on your choice
for "change." For future reference, I encourage you to try and add up the total
value of the gifts and cash 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  years. I have not kept track of it, Ashley. It has all truly been
the gift of our hearts.
Remember, we love you dearly....but from now on you'll need to
call the number mentioned above. Your "Savior" has the money we would have given
to you. Just try and get it from him.
Good luck, sweetheart.
Love, Grandpa "Remember that every government service, every offer of
government-financed security, is paid for in the loss of personal freedom. ... In the days to come,
whenever a voice is raised telling you to let the government do it,
analyze very carefully to see whether the
suggested service is worth the personal freedom which you must forgo
in return for such service." | |
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