Posted on 01/25/2014 8:25:27 AM PST by Kaslin
I understand that you love higher tariffs, and expect everyone to pay them, over and over again, at every stage of the economic system. I wouldn’t call you an “Army,” though. Thank God.
I read a story on NRO how in rural Kentucky, everyone gets their EBT deposit, runs down to the local store, and purchases cases upon cases of soda pop, and then runs up the street and sells the pop to another store for 50 cents cash on the dollar.
Wasn’t Al Capone behind the original bread lines back in the Depression?
No my ChiCom admiring FRiend, that would be VAT and I am against that.
Please don’t continue to confuse chicoms with the new breed that are ChiCaps
Believing we are NOT in a depression in the current situation is like believing it is NOT winter because you have heat in your house.
There is an old story I used to hear long ago in the South. You must understand that this goes back to when it was common for families to butcher their own meat and they only wanted to do this on a clear, cold day so that they had natural refrigeration while cutting up meat outside. It went like this.
When the first cars were being fitted with factory air conditioning a well to do fellow was driving alone in his new Cadillac in mid-July with the air going full blast. Spotting a farmer walking he stopped and offered him a ride. The farmer was very grateful and asked to be taken to the next town five miles away. After going two miles the farmer suddently asked the driver to stop and let him out. The driver was confused and asked what was the matter. The farmer replied, “Since it has turned so cold all of a sudden I think I will go back home and kill a hog.”
Those who think we are doing OK now are as confused as that farmer.
That sounds like a lot of work. I do know that in this area it is quite common for people to offer to loan their EBT card to someone to go grocery shopping and then they collect half the grocery bill in cash along with the card when it is returned. Of course this is only done with friends or family members who can be trusted, right? Actually I have heard stories of some going door to door and offering their “shopping service” to anyone who answers. Someone I had known from a job years ago once called and asked to borrow a little money because he had become unemployed and assured me that he would have his food stamp benefits restored and he could repay me from that or he would obtain groceries for me at half price to repay me. He said he knew others who would do the same so that if I worked it right my wife and I could wind up eating free and making money besides. I thought it was worth more to me to stay out of that sort of community so I turned down the offer.
Don’t let your father get punched over a can of soup!
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