It's been awhile since I've been on. Life catches up, the daily stressors, and I think, for awhile there, I let that stress consume me a bit. But Spring is here and though it brings with it more allergies and more headaches it also brings more free reading time, camping, social time, and outings. I end up spending my days inside anyway but it looks pretty! 
But I'm back if only to get some things off my mind. Though I've been frequenting Facebook, in lieu of tv.com, I still favor the anonymity of tv.com, the comfort that comes from espousing my ideas without any real fear of rancor. I love my friends and family but sometimes you just want to get things off your chest...not go into a back and forth attack.
Anyway, I'm reading that "Thousands Rally with 'tea parties' on tax day" from Yahoo news (oh the horror) and I'm still confused and wouldn't mind any opinions if I still have friends after such a long absence. No worries if I don't...like I said...this is just a way of self aggrandizing.
I know President Obama is spending alot and I'm not thrilled with the ballooning deficit nor am I exactly thrilled with the 4% increase in military spending (though everywhere I look there are complaints about the cutback in military spending). I'm not thrilled with his anti-Iraq war platform and his now renewed efforts in Afghanistan. I'm a walking contradiction on this topic because I can't come up with firm stance. I don't want to be in either country and yet, if we can bring about some difference and evolution in human rights, then the cost is worth it...maybe!?! In the next breath, I can argue that we shouldn't interfere, that we should allow every country to evolve, that we should focus on our own domestic issues, that we shouldn't lie to the American public about motives. But, if the lying is what bothers me, why not just accept it? Do not the ends justify the means? I don't know....
But onto the economy...wouldn't people be just as upset if President Obama did nothing, if he idly sat by and said "don't worry...these tax cuts that never work to begin with will work now...just give it time" instead of trying to infuse funds and yes even make work into the economy. The bonus in my paycheck is miniscule but does it add up? I don't know. To be honest, I wasn't even feeling the economic downturn one bit. I had one cousin who was laid off and that seemed like a given since he works in the construction business. But I felt just fine. The camps spread out about the country that are reminiscent of Hoovervilles kind of shocked me into reality. But the reality of it all hit when I got my own pink slip. I've made connections with the staff, love it there, but I don't have seniority and, though I may be rehired, who knows?
But I'm still ok with the stimulus plan and I'm still ok with Obama's plan. We've got to spend to make a different right? And that takes time...
So does anyone know what is so wrong with this plan? Do tax cuts really work? Aren't tax increases necessary for the programs we support? There in lies my contradiction again...I'm always afraid of a 1984 and Handsmaid Tale situation but I'm for big government when it comes to social issues...
ok...that was just throwup...any thoughts