TAX DAY

"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."

Dr. Adrian Rogers, 1931

On this tax day- as my father in law is joining the tea party, as I sign a check for $30,000 worth of "unexpected" taxes (above and beyond what we have already paid) and as I look into the future and what it will mean to my children, I am troubled.

This isnt about me being heartless, or not being compassionate- its about spending more then we have. I have already learned this lesson in my personal life- we dont live on credit, heck we dont even have credit cards- we pay our bills, we dont expect others to care for us. We dont spend more than we have......why in the world is the government ignoring this lesson that we have all learned? Im not finger pointing....I could care less about who or what is to blame- I just know that it has to stop.

Joey sat in the ER with Jenica for 4 hours last night and never was seen. Can you imagine as a parent how frustrating this is? A 3 year old in major pain- vomiting, crying, being left in the lobby for that amount of time? The scariest thought is if health care did get socialized. Our access to medical care would be non existent. TRUST ME ON THIS ONE. Its a certainty. I had Joey ask before he left if there was some reason that they were running so behind. The nurses answer was that this is typical- they didnt have any major trauma or anything- just a lot of people who get free healthcare clogging up the system. Its totally inexcusable. Its exhausting. Frankly, its scary.