So I did my taxes yesterday and my fiance's today. Do you have that "I've just been molested" feeling??? Yes. Not only did gasoline cost me out the butt all year but now I get to focus on how much I paid in taxes and how little I'm getting back. It makes me ill. What about a break this year due to horribly high gas costs?
Does anyone else wonder how people making minimum wage can even make it? I mean you might as well just encourage people to be on welfare. They'll never be able to get ahead working minimum wage. One of my neighbors was asking how we're supposed to teach the generation in high school now to earn wages when it would cost the parents more in gas than the kid is able to make!!!!
I try to be pretty optimistic about things but honestly the state of the States gets me down. I'm not saying I would want to live anywhere else and that all things are going downhill. I'm just saying I'm not sure this is what my Dad fought wars in Korea and Vietnam to uphold. He was/is proud to be an American but was brought to TEARS this last year when he was pulled aside in the airport and searched. He is 75 years old and has more medals than I'll know what to do with (display proudly) and was brought to tears because security "randomly" selected him on the way to and on the way back from Las Vegas. I mean is this what they do just to prove they're picking everyone? Personally pick the creepy looking people and don't randomize it. I could give a shit. They should not look creepy if they're going to pass through security. I guess they're so busy making sure they're not discriminating! Search everyone! That sounds even better!
Again, I love my country I just wish I had something more to be proud of. Something that could make me glad I pay so much in taxes. I'm free. But I have $40,000 in student loans for degrees that have done nothing for me so far, I pay a huge chunk of taxes to get a piddly amount back, I can't have a kid because a. Medical costs b. Daycare costs c. School/College costs, I can't get married because we work everyday to be able to buy gas and save as much as we can since we're afraid if we buy a house without a huge down payment someone will find a way to take it away from us!
Oh and I've seen so many blips on our news about how Oklahoma's economy is still doing alright. News for you... I watch the housing market monthly and this month the most amazing thing.... In the past houses were reduced between $1,000 to $5,000 and this month I noticed many reduced $10,000 and even $20,000 so while I should be thinking "Oh crap. Here goes our economy." Instead I'm thinking "Thank God finally we have our 10% to put down". People this is what I've been waiting for and it makes me feel like a buzzard flying over to swoop in on other people's hardship. = ( 
Oh well that is all for today. I promise to be in a better mood at a later date. = ) Good luck to all and thanks for paying your taxes.
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