An Ass by Any Other Name!

Of course, we're all aware of the current universal financial crunch caused by people handling OUR money. People have lost their retirement nest eggs via the corruption of money-grubbing corporate executives, investment execs lined select intracompany pockets under the guise of "bonuses" and the government says that my generation may not be able to collect Social Security because the pockets we've been paying into have a little bit of change left along with a lot of lint. Our retirement benefits have dried up and the best excuse the government can come up with is that people are living longer and there is nothing left for the "Baby Boomers" (guilty as charged). Say whaaaat?

It's supposed to go like this: we pay out the ass to IRS and we pay an almost equal amount for FICA....which means, based on our income, the government gets 30% or more of our sweat and blood during our employed life. Each generation pays into the Social Security pool which provides benefits for the previous generation. Hey! I have 2 sons paying a shitload into FICA so don't tell me my benefits won't exist when it comes time for me to sit on previously mentioned tired ass.

Well now! The revelation has begun. We're being enlightened. Our benefits are in jeopardy because...

1. Teachers and other public servants are being screwed over while our elected public officials give themselves hefty raises and hefty retirement plans. Their benefits are coming from OUR money

2. Insurance companies are screwing their customers by gouging and/or defrauding the medical field which drives up the cost of health care which drives up the cost of insurance. After all the gouging it still wasn't enough for insurance companies to continue in the lifestyle they are accustomed to so the government gives them OUR money. AIG needed it so they could party.

3. Auto manufacturers only toyed, half seriously, with fuel alternatives so now they are falling on their once plump asses. That's called fucking yourself in the ass. They may need a government bailout which comes from OUR money. Here's a clue: when the government refuses to tap into our country's own fuel supplies make a damned vehicle we can drive by farting, if necessary. Our tired asses have already been exposed so we're good.

4. Oil companies like Exxon and Chevron made whopping record breaking profits in 2008. These profits were made by screwing us.

Note to government: When it comes time to bail out the auto industry, try screwing Exxon's ass instead of mine, mmmmmkay?

5. WHAT THE FUCK?! Banks have been screwing us for years in the form of "creative" charges and now they are running out of money? Note to Banks: You're running out of money because people now cash their payroll checks at WalMart for $3.00 to avoid the "creative" holds you're putting on checks (even local ones) so you can play with your customers' money for a few days (making bad investments)....and collect more "creative" overdraft charges. The only customers you have left are companies in deep shit and check cashing companies. I quit letting you screw ME directly but the government found a way to give you more of MY money anyway.

6. Wall Street screwed everybody so the government bails it out with OUR money. Wall Street borrowed OUR money to pay their employee bonuses. Were the bonuses given as rewards for screwing US and duping the government? The new President punishes the assholes with harsh words (no disrespect intended). I dub this a triple cluster fuck.

So now I know why the age to collect 100% of my Social Security benefits has been raised. After bending us over at every turn, the government is banking on us dying soon from Hypothermia of the Ass.

Well, here's a crack (snort) for those handling my money. Will you please take your damned hands out of my pockets when you neither asked me for help nor let me have a vote. Chances are we'd all contribute a fair share in order to beat this crisis but you're giving OUR money to the same assholes who got us to this point. Cork their crevices permanently and replace the idiots with hardworking people who have lost their jobs.

Sometimes harsh words aren't enough and I need my money for the next Clay Aiken Tour and/or CD. Clay Aiken is the best way I know to warm my heart .....and my cold, tired ass.