My Life as Mama Jodi

I got this off my mom board I co-own and had to post it here as well. With all that is going on here in Michigan… this goes out to our wonderful Governor *shakes head*.

Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table
At which he’s fed.

Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.

Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.

Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.

Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries, then
Tax his tears.
Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his a–

Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won’t be done
Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers,
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He’s good and sore.

Then tax his coffin ,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he’s laid.

Put these words
upon his tomb,
” Taxes drove me to my doom…”

When he’s gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.

I really, really hate the State of Michigan right now! Our lovely govenment can’t seem to agree on how to balance our budget. Well I have an awesome idea!! Just get rid of all the men/women in elected offices, as we don’t need a full time government. This would make a drastic difference in our ever growing debt! Heck they never should have gotten that raise of 38% a few years ago… and this is for so many people! What the heck!? What really ticked me off, they sent several of our legislators to Hawaii (mind you on tax payers dollars) for a semi vacation to see if they could balance our budget. Our loverly Governor goes over seas with several legislators to observe foreign governments. Pretty messed up, eh?

Governor Granholm had this campaign slogan when she ran for re-election this past year “You’re gonna be blown away!” Um, yeah we’re blown away all right. Our whole state is being “blown away

This article on WZZM 13 is such a joke! Like shutting down these government areas will make a difference in our budget! This article as well! There are so many other things that they could do (like what I mentioned above) to help with our budget. What good will it do to force 18 school districts to close? This will only further hurt our kids and our state in a whole. We have so many people out of work right now, and more and more families are leaving the state just to find jobs!

I am grateful my husbands company has been one of the remaining Die shops that hasn’t gone under. But I still fear it will one day. If this happens, we will probably move out of the state. Which would take forever, as our house probably won’t sell, as no houses right now in Michigan are selling right now.

The economy just sucks right now! Michigan has the highest unemployment rate in the nation (7.4%) and foreclosures spiraling out of control, the last thing our residents need is to pay more in taxes!

Gov. Granholm is now demanding a income tax spike to 4.6% with NO SPENDING CUTS or reforms! Raising our taxes is just wrong! People can’t pay their bills now as it is. There will be no way for them to do this if the tax increase goes through! She needs to be stopped!

I have so much more to say on this, but my blood pressure is just boiling right now! Grrrr!