Austere

  Just heard on the news that Congress is struggling with a spending bill. Nothing new or exciting about that. What I was amused by is a provision in this contentious spending bill for the funding of a pickle ball complex! Yes, the congress is struggling to fund a pickle ball complex as one of its' priorities for the year. Have to get this through before the new administration takes the reins. That damn Trump will attempt to stop that construction, probably divert those funds to building a border wall. Imagine the impact on the quality of life for pickle ball enthusiasts. Clearly this needs to be addressed. Congress needs to act.

  A new year is on the horizon, a new administration in the white house and new challenges to be faced. Oh my god, the humanity of it all. We need a plan to survive. Building a pickle ball complex will go a long way in doing that; will you be entertained? That's the plan distract and deflect. That has always been the Democrats plan, a system of appeasement to retain power. It failed in the last election, and now like a disease, that plan is being treated. The Republicans intent to cut spending! Why they have even established a "office" to study more efficient ways of accomplishing tasks. One item under review is SNAP. The idea would be to have those recipients have to "work" for those benefits. There are those receiving benefits that are fully able to work and they should. Now that isn't appeasing anyone! They even want to end junk food eligibility when using those snap cards. No more chips and dips for you. Man, now that's just cruel and unusual, probably in violation of the constitution. I'm sure there is an amendment that covers that.

  Well I'll just have to leave all that to congress to sort out. I cast my ballot for my representative, I can only hope he or she succeeds in getting my wishes known. I'm going on record right now as declining funding for a pickle ball complex. Buy another section of border wall instead. I'm not real happy with my congressman but I had to choose someone. The lesser of two evils is still evil, but that was the only choice I was offered. Fortunately we have already funded the study determining if Vodka and Tequila make a certain species of monkey more aggressive. Turns out Tequila increased their violence more than Vodka. So I'm guessing we learned if you have to deal with someone drinking a Russian would be a better choice than a Latino person. The Russian dude would start dancing and the Latino dude get violent. Worth the few hundred thousand spent on that research for sure. Good job Congress.

  Fiscal austerity. The scariest words in a Democrats vocabulary. What do you mean? Just how do you propose to keep the people in line unless you can control them? The government will decide what you can and can not have or do. The government will control your pocketbook redistributing that money according to the need. That money will be used to satisfy whatever demographic happens to make the most fuss at the time. Legislation will be passed! And by God if they want a pickle ball complex they will get a pickle ball complex! We can always borrow some more money if there is a shortfall. I'm certain China will "float us a loan."