GOVERNMENT AT ITS FINEST

“There is a dedication to willful incompetence in many corporate government departments.” – Steven Magee

I recently concluded a month long interaction with multiple government drones working for the State of Pennsylvania. Some of them were friendly and partially competent. Some were truculent and unhelpful. The fact I had to contact them a half dozen times to get their screw-up fixed is par for the course when dealing with government workers. These interactions prove to me once again everything government touches becomes a bureaucratic exercise in futility. The attitude of government workers is consistently dis-interested and unconcerned with the problems of the citizens paying their salaries.

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ANYONE NOTICE THE 22% INCREASE IN GAS PRICES?

It’s funny how the MSM breathlessly reports the decline in gas prices and how it is truly a tremendous savings to the American consumer. But they are strangely silent when gas prices surge by 22% in the last 45 days. Is this somehow beneficial to the American consumer too? Yellen is worried about deflation. Are you? Rents are surging. Home prices are off the charts. Food costs are rising. Obamacare related healthcare cost increases are destroying middle class households. Tuition is increasing. Taxes are higher. Tolls have been increased. And now gasoline prices are skyrocketing. And Yellen doesn’t have the balls to raise rates above .25%. Yeah, she’s working for you alright.