This morning we’re all going up to the mountains to visit the 6th grade Outdoor Lab. This is a place where every 6th grader in Jefferson County (I went when I was a 6th grader) goes for a week. You may remember when we started school we were surprised by a $350 registration fee that was for Outdoor Lab, well this is it.
Lots more to do like some work and then a big party this evening at our good friends Jeff and Tina. They’re doing things a little different this year with the food. They’ve hired some great food truck to pull up at their house that will be feeding everyone all night long, should be fun.
The misses enlisted the help of Steve our neighbor to take the mirror out of the bathroom which had to be broken as they glued it to the wall. She, on her own, went to the store and turned off the water, installed some new valves to keep it off and then took out the sink. She’s pretty handy, at least with the demolition part. Here’s Annette’s thoughts,
Annette says:
Call Jim for any tricks on tile. He is doing someones bathroom now and has done a lot of tile in his life time. You are right you are very good at all that stuff and I’m sure it will be beautiful. Doug you should know bathrooms and kitchens run about 2x the budget no matter what the budget . YOU GO GIRL!
Well the budget part is true as I know she’s already twice over. She has no idea where she is at financially but does have an idea what she wants to do, I hope!
Oh well, whatever makes her happy right? Take care, time to run, have a great weekend and God Bless. Now read this,
“Give Me My Food Stampsâ€
As of this week fully 25% of American households – about 48 million people – are dependent on government food stamps to put food on the table.
The system is plagued with fraud on every level. Food stamp scams are rampant, with recipients often off-loading their monthly electronic benefit transfer cards for cash value. Mega lobbies spend tens of millions of dollars a year just to keep the pump primed and the funds flowing so that companies like Walmart and 7-11 can keep their revenues up. Big banks, including behemoths like JP Morgan, are cashing in by providing the processing facilities to make it happen.
It’s a racket.
There are hundreds of billions of dollars on the line every month and as an American taxpayer you are paying for it all.
Earlier this week Congressional Republicans passed a bill that would eliminate food stamp loop holes, requiring adults between the ages of 18 and 50 without minor children to find a job or enroll in a work training program in order to continue receiving benefits. The move was immediately rejected by Democrats and social aid groups, who claimed the new regulations would force millions of people into poverty.
If this new measure were to make it through the Senate and the President’s desk (which it likely won’t), millions would be thrown into poverty according to opponents.
Now consider what happens when the government of the United States hits a brick financial ceiling, where they can no longer dole out these funds. Or, we continue to print more money keeping the food stamp system operational, but insufficient with respect to supporting the needs of recipients because the price of food goes through the roof.
Fifty million dependents would immediately run out of the ability to use these cards for food (or extra cash if they are reselling them).
The result?
It should be clear.
There will be riots on the streets of America , likely turning to looting as people hit back at the system that is no longer providing them the welfare they need.
When the Food Stamps stop all hell will break loose.
At least the GOP is trying. There used to be a provision that if you received food stamps, you had to work or at least look for a job but of course the Pres eliminated that little detail years ago when he first took office, hmmmmm.