Some people do not have their priorities in order. Consider the following argument about what is important and what is not:
Average Uninformed American: Hey, did you hear about Paula Abdul?
Me: No, and I do not want to talk about that. Let’s talk about what the morons in Washington, D.C. are doing to our future.
AUA: What about Paula’s future? Shouldn’t we be concerned about that?
Me: No, Paula can worry about Paula. We have to worry about what the politicians are doing to us. They are spending money by the billions. I saw on the television news that the politicians are spending about $11 million an hour right now and it is going to get worse. In fact, there are projects that the politicians will spend about $4 trillion on this year.
AUA: Yeah, but Paula is not getting anything. The folks at American Idol haven’t offered her a contract. Well, one report said they offered her a paltry $10 million a year to remain as a judge.
Me: That’s chump change when you consider what the politicians are spending.
AUA: You are right. They are offering Paula chump change. Heck, she is the star of the show. They gave that creepy Ryan Seacrest $15 million -- actually $45 million -- for a three-year deal. Simon Cowell, that rude British guy, is supposed to be getting $100 million a season. But, poor ole Paula is getting stiffed.
Me: She’s not getting stiffed. The American taxpayers are getting stiffed. Who do you think will pay back all this money the politicians are spending? It’s going to be us.
AUA: Well, how can Paula pay her share if she isn’t paid a living wage for her work? You think she can live off a teeny, tiny salary of $10 million? Come on, be realistic.
Me: Realistic? You think $10 million is a teeny, tiny salary? Most working Americans have to survive on much, much, much less. Most of America works for an hourly wage of less than $10 dollars per hour – many, much less. You want to worry about something, worry about how they will be able to pay back their share of what the politicians are spending.
AUA: Most people do not have the expenses that Paula has to deal with. Do you know how much it costs to have servants take care of her mansion?
Me: I would reckon it takes more than the average American makes in a year. Probably more than two average Americans make. Tell her to take care of the mansion herself.
AUA: What, you expect Paula to scrub floors and cut grass?
Me: Why not? Most people take care of their own homes – if they can still afford to own a home – by themselves. They scrub their own floors and cut their own grass. But forget about that and start thinking about what is really important.
AUA: Oh, you mean like whether Kate and Jon Gosselin will get back together?
Me: No, I mean like the health care for Americans bill that the United States Congress is considering. The bill has 1,018 pages. None of the politicians seem to take the time to read bills before voting on them. They just blindly believe what other politicians tell them about the bill and vote in favor of their passage. Have you seen what is on the sixteenth page of the bill? It calls for the end of private insurance coverage. The president said we could keep our current coverage. Well, we can keep it until we change jobs. Then we have to go on the politicians’ plan.
AUA: That cannot be true. No one in Washington, D.C. is going to do that to us – especially not the president. You must be reading it wrong.
Me: No, it says it right there on the sixteenth page of H.R. 3200; Sec. 102 (A) (1) (a), “Except as provided in this paragraph, the individual health insurance issuer offering such coverage does not enroll any individual in such coverage if the first effective date of coverage is on or after the first day” of the year the legislation becomes law.”
AUA: It’s a misprint.
Me: Nope, not according to the House Ways and Means Committee, it is right there in black and white. The committee says the bill states exactly what I pointed out to you.
AUA: Don’t worry about the wording. The politicians will straighten that out before they vote to approve the bill. All they want to do is take care of us.
Me: That’s the problem. Politicians rarely take care of us. They are too busy taking care of themselves. If they cared about us, they would learn to read bills before considering them for passage. All it took to catch this political lie was to read the first few pages of the bill. As an editorial in the Investor’s Business Daily pointed out on July 15, “It took just 16 pages of reading to find this naked attempt by the political powers to increase their reach. It’s scary to think how many more breaches of liberty we’ll come across in the final 1,002.” It scares me. It scares me a lot more than the possibility that Paula Abdul may not get $20 million to be on American Idol.
AAI: There you conservatives go again, spreading vicious rumors and innuendoes about our loving, caring, liberal leaders. And you are doing it now during Paula’s time of need. Next, you will be telling everyone that Walter Cronkite is dead.
Me: He is dead.
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