Tired of the Poor!

So, I was at the gym this morning and saw the news report on school vouchers.  This is a bill that Florida Governor Rick Scott has signed to expand.  Now, I know that vouchers have been around for a while, but this expansion just makes me angry about it all over again!  I am TIRED of taking care of the poor!  This bill allows low income families to send their children to private school at taxpayers expense!! Seriously?!  I have to provide food, shelter and now private education!!

I know!  Maybe I should quit my job and become one of the poor!  Yeah, that's a good idea!  Or better yet, find a way to get fired, then I can collect unemployment, too!  I can get food stamps, healthcare, have HUD subsidize the mortgage on my home and now I can send my son to private school!  And YOU can pay for it!  Yep!  A great plan!  Oh, but wait!  You thought of this plan too?  Now there's no one left to pay for the poor...

Why will people ever pick themselves up and try to make a better life on their own if we are always giving them ways to let other people take care of them?  For some reason, people don't have the mentality they used to several decades ago.  I don't get the feeling that most people have pride in themselves anymore and have the need to want to provide for themselves and their families like they used to.  So, give them an easy way out and they will take it as long as they can.

I wish I saw an end to all this.  But, I just don't see it.  There will continue to be the girl at the checkout counter with her freshly done hair, perfectly manicured nails and designer clothes using her EBT card to buy steaks and alcohol.  Now, it'll just be worse knowing that the 5 kids she has at home will be going to private school and I paid for all of it!

The Disney Magic!

Well, we caved!  We went to go to Disney yesterday for the last time of the year.  Our passes were set to expire on the 26th.  But, the last time we went, I had washed Jay's and Aaron's tickets in the washing machine, so we had to go to the ticket counter to get new tickets.  Plus, Aaron brought a friend, so we had to go pick up his ticket.  When we got to the counter, we started thinking of the money that we would save if we renewed our tickets now at the discounted renewal rate.  It was about $50 per ticket.  So, obviously, the smart thing to do was to renew them. :)

I felt a little guilty throughout the day.  But, Disney is so wonderful and we all enjoy everything about it that I still think it is money well spent.  We'll still try to pay off the credit cards, we'll just have a little more that we have to pay off now....

Born in the Wrong Decade

Although, I loved the music, movies, fashion and even hairstyles of the 80s, I think I was born in the wrong decade.  I absolutely love love love all of the above from the 50s/60s.  Not the hippy 60s!  I'm talking about the fun lovin' 50s/60s!

So, I was truly saddened when I heard that Davy Jones of the Monkees died yesterday of a heart attack at 66.  I remember watching reruns of the Monkees TV show when I was a kid.  What fun!  I know the band was actually a product of the show and not the other way around.  But, I think they became more popular than anyone ever could have imagined.  I think that was largely due to the heart throb/teen idol status of Davy Jones.  For those of you who are too young to remember the show, it is like Big Time Rush now.  But MUCH MUCH bigger!!

I am just glad I got to see him in concert at Epcot last year.  He was still energetic, full of life and entertaining.  So, RIP Davy Jones, you will be missed!