Posted by
Radish on Sunday, July 09, 2006 10:59:25 AM
I started a new job in May. I was just looking over this week's pay stub, and I got a $500 bonus for sticking with it six weeks. *laugh* (I'm testing software for cockpit displays, and it really is that boring...)
But looking at it some more...I only got $300. The feds confiscated $200.
There's a dozen Founders spinning in their graves, but they're as powerless as I feel.
I wouldn't mind as much if it wasn't going to abominable waste like prayer rugs for terrorists, the Tiger Woods Foundation, another building with Robert Byrd's name on it.... But stealing my earnings to give them away to non-public projects is WRONG. I need that money for my retirement, so I'm not a leech on society, and I'm also saving for my niece and nephew's education. But even if I just wanted to go buy designer shoes, that's my right. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...and the right to enjoy the fruits of my labors.
Grrrrrr.