Theft @ MindSay 
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Something that has been tumbling around in my head for the past couple weeks has been the idea of the federal government and the theft they call "taxes".
This is Websters definition of theft:
1 a: the act of stealing; specifically : the felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it b: an unlawful taking (as by embezzlement or burglary) of property
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theft
First I thing we can all agree that money counts as personal properity. Now the part that gets to me is the "taking and removing" part. Does the govt ASK us to contribute money or do they just take it out of our checks? I don't know about the rest of you but they just take it from me! Already this year, between Rose and I, we've had 12-13 THOUSAND dollars removed from our checks in the name of federal taxes alone! Does anyone really think that our tax liability is that high??? I sure as hell don't, that's for sure. They took money that they aren't entitled to in the least, that we've earned, sounds like theft to me!
Now you may be thinking that when we do our taxes that we will get the money back, and that is true. However think of it this way, if I were to go into a Wal-mart and take a Playstation 3. I get it out of the store and take it home and use it for a while, let's say Feb/March. Then I package it up and bring it back to the store and give it back. What would happen to me? I'd be in deep doodoo right? You know it! The govt does the exact same thing and they get away with it! They don't even pay us interest on the "overpayment" of taxes that they have deprived us of for the year.
I have no problem in paying my fair share, I enjoy knowing that there is a police station and a fire department and a military. But there's gotta be a better way! John McCain's running mate Huckabee came up with a very reasonable alternative. There is no federal taxes, instead you pay an additional tax on purchases you make. Think of it this way, the average taxpayer gets taxed on what they make but the illegal drug dealer on the corner doesn't pay a cent. How much more sense would it make if he had to pay his share of taxes to the feds on that 60k Caddy he just went and payed cash for last week? Not everyone pays taxes on what they make but we ALL have to buy stuff, right?
There's gotta be a better way but I suppose for right now I should just grab my ankles until Feb.
Thoughts?
Hello to all who thought that I had died and gone away forever. Rest assure that I am still alive and kicking. It's time for another blog entry into my boring life.
After going to bed around 1 am last night. I finally decided I couldn't just lay there anymore at 11 am. Ugh... Why the f--- should I even get up. I don't have to go to work until 330, and there's nothing I wanna do.
Oh, lets bring you up to speed about a work situation this week. In the original scheadule that was posted for this week. I was supposed to be off today. That what it said when I looked at it last Friday. Then I came back on Monday, after being off. To found it had been altered without so much as a whisper to me! I mean come on, I didn't think my manager was that much off an ASSHOLE, but I guess I was wrong! Is there no one left in that fucking store, walking with a piece shitty gold plastic as a name tag, that I can trust!?
Then a friend of mine who also works there, gets written up , for "stealing company time". What a load of crap! The manager that accused my friend of that, steals more company time then almost anyone in the store. In fact she has a curly haired buddy , that should be fired for that offence! I mean the ass gets along with only people that she can stand around with, gossip with, talk and talk and talk .... avoid doing as much work as possible. Go outside for cigs more then any other person that works in the store... in fact she's outside smoking, more then everyone else combined! I mean give me a fucking break! You wanna write someone up for stealing company time, you wanna threaten to fire someone ... How about her , you fucking retards!
Let's put it this way, you retards wanna play this game, throw your weight around as managers. You better watch out, cause what goes around comes around. Make my words, your gonna get yours! Oh, and don't worry, it wont be from any manager that works in the store.
Right now I am in the process of figuring out , who in the corporate office I need to talk to, to get this ball rolling. Human resources should be in touch soon.
Ok, now that I've got that off my chest. That bring me back to today. I gotta go to work and see if the turkey that opened did anything. Cause lets face it, I'm so sick of cleaning up after the lazy pieces of shit that are there before me. I mean, some aren't that bad, and don't deserve to be called that. Well on the other hand, others deserve to be called much worse. We'll see what today brings.
For all of you lucky enough to be able to sit around your homes. There's a couple things on TV to watch. There's the NASCAR all-star race on at 7 PM , but before that, on Starz, There's gonna be the Pirates Of the Caribbean trilogy! The first movies starts at 4 PM! So there, you've got some interesting TV to watch.
So, what else is on my mind? I'm still into jewelry. Still looking for cool new pendants, although I have decided that I only want to wear stainless steel jewelry. So that's what I am wearing right now. The necklace, pendant, and bracelet are all stainless. Al thought there is 18K in the pendant, and I have a matching gold thumb ring on. Hehe. Cool, right?
Anyway, I can't wait to go there, get this work day over with. Pick up next weeks work scheadule (gee wonder how crappy that will be) and come home. Pirates should still be on when I get here, dunno about the race.
If you wanna suggest anything , please go ahead and do so, in blog reply form!
~Thanks for viewing!
This just happened to me and I needed to vent. I recently cancelled my Direct TV service. They then charged me for another month of service so my bill was now outrageous. They called to tell me that if I stayed with them, they would wipe the whole bill out. I explained that the reason I cancelled was because I was no longer able to afford it. I was very disappointed in how they handled this whole situation. I had been a customre for approx 4 years. I had received numerous phone calls from other companies that wanted me to switch and give me a great deal for doing so. These companies knew all of my account information. They knew when i began using direct, what name address and phone number went with the account and the details of my service. When I received these phone calls, I called Direct and notified them of the situation. Then did nothing, I still received the calls. When I was late on the payment, they cut me off after 2 weeks. Then they told me I had 2 weeks to pay it. My account had never even been a month late. Usually if it was late at all, it was only by a few days depending on when the payment date fell and my pay check date fell. So here we are, 4 years later, I'm a couple weeks late and they turned my service off. I then told them to leave it off and cancel it. I said I would pay them when I could but I couldn't afford to keep the account. Today, I log into my bank account online, to find they had pushed their payment (remember it was more than I owed too), through on my debit card. I have fallen on hard times like many others these days. I have a college degree but still lost my job and have been unable to find a new one. Direct TV has just stolen my grocery money for the month. They had no authorization from me to charge my bill to my bank account yet did so anyway. I contacted them and they refuse to let me speak to a supervisor nor do anything about the charge. I am on the verge of pressing charges in some way. I am sick of companies thinking they can take your money, treat you any way they choose and then get away with stealing from you. This is the America we live in right now. Those with a name can do whatever they want, but those of us trying to do the right thing and live a successful life get screwed everytime and we have no where to turn. When are we all going to stop them?
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