Beginning of the 16 Hour Day.

Let’s skip the story as to why I work three part-time jobs, the nightly news tells me that I am not alone. The boss from one job has been riding me because he is under duress himself. I know this and I put up with it since family works both ways. A headache of a long story afterwards I resolve today’s issue to get back to my other job.

I am happy to have enough work, at times too much work. I reflected on a recent story about Governor Paterson grumbling about not giving his staff raises (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/12/paterson-ripped-for-staff_n_573246.html). His defense was that his aides took on additional responsibilities and/or were promoted. I am not so happy anymore.

Start with the taxes on my grandpa’s Ensure. No lie, check the ingredients http://ensure.com/products/ensure. A sugared beverage means taxed beverage! Then mix in complaints about no being able to pay off his cronies with my money by his boss. Commissioner Daines isn’t defending a government health policy but a public fleecing initiative.

Will the South blame the Yankees again?

In our nations capitol, the city government is considering a beverage tax.

http://nodcbevtax.com/Home_Page.html

Please alert your friends in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and of course Washington, D.C. that bad news travels only slightly faster then bad ideas.

Unintended Consequences

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvO7nW4EqA

This video makes me think of unintended consequences. These politicians speak about taxing pennies. This regressive tax adds dollars to our grocery bill. I wonder about if these same hacks have considered how much of this tax will be spent on replacing government letterhead after they’re thrown out of office.

Why do bad ideas never just die?