As I watched that 60-minute-long news program last week I wasn\u2019t sure how to feel. I learned that our government is giving seemingly hand-picked companies over $100 billion to produce fiber optics. During the interview, viewers also learned that the funds came with a hitch \u2013 the company is required to provide daycare. The government person being interviewed wouldn\u2019t admit the stipulation was a forced requirement, but it didn\u2019t take too much brain power to figure out that if a company seeking the funds didn\u2019t provide daycare they would be unlikely to get the taxpayer\u2019s gift that would help them build their company. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I believe company-provided daycare would be a fantastic benefit to families with working parents; if the company can afford it. The reason I wasn\u2019t sure how to feel about our government using our tax dollars to fund production facilities, operated by American workers to manufacture fiber optics, is because I remember a while ago when our government bailed out the auto industry and how angry that move made some people feel. Why were they angry? Because it didn\u2019t feel fair that the auto industry was given taxpayer dollars to straighten out their companies and the messes they created themselves. The question was asked, \u201cWhat about all the little companies that fight for their survival every single day?\u201d Or, \u201cHow big does a company have to be to get government help?\u201d Good questions. A question I would ask, and probably never get an answer to, would be, \u201cWhat is the selection process used to pick companies who will receive these funds?\u201d It\u2019s probably a very privileged few \u2013 one of those \u201cyou have to know the right people\u201d scenarios. During that same news program, viewers also learned that our government is giving Ukraine another $98 billion to help them in the war against Russia. I\u2019ve said this for a long, long time \u2013 how in the world can the United States afford to spend the money it spends? The answer has always seemed simple to me \u2013 it can\u2019t. That\u2019s why our government\u2019s debt continues to grow and grow. What\u2019s sad to me is that it doesn\u2019t feel like anyone is working vigorously to stop the upward spiral of our government\u2019s debt. Things as we know them have to change \u2013 but who\u2019s going to get it done when those who run our country don\u2019t seem to be bothered by the fact that they are deficit spending, that\u2019s probably because the United States has been spending way more money than is collected for many, many years, and it has become the norm. As far as I can tell, for this situation to change and get corrected it\u2019s going to be at the expense of the American taxpayer \u2013 and it\u2019s going to be tough. Have A Good Week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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