I quit...

I've decided to give up...throw in towel...take a knee...toss up my hands in disgust and walk away. Every time I turn around there is some new and fantastic way that the government has found its way into my pocket. I drive on uneven roads incapable of handling the volume demanded of them and wait in line for the toll booths. On my pay stub I see something labeled as a fringe benefit but it is actually a bill for a car I am required to drive for my job and actually lose pay...right before the holidays...with no warning! I see patients every day that have not taken care of themseleves in their entire life and as a result, recieve life saving devices paid for by the taxpayers. Now there is talk of taxing my "cadillac" healthcare benefits that, as far as I'm concerned, is a benefit that is agreed upon by me and my company. It's not like Bos Sci comes down and says, "Anthony, we can give you a good medical option, or a crummy one for the same price...which would you prefer...?" I see delivery trucks all over this city that need to park but can't and I see their windows littered with parking tickets that up the cost required to bring me goods and cost me more money.

I used to think it was just part of the deal. My parents have long said "just don't think about it, there's nothing you can do". But they were wrong...the only way this system works is for the able bodied and driven minds to work harder and harder. Those that do and succeed will encounter resistance at all levels and feel guilt from those that have only "need" and no guilt. Well, I don't think I want to play that game any more. The government used to be my biggest problem...what if I became the governments biggest problem and just quit? I'm your problem now...feed me, put me in clothes, give me a house, insure me, protect me...it's all up to you BO...after all, this is the greatest country in the world, I shouldn't have to want for anything, or work for anything since there are so many others with so much...what about what I need? Working for it sure hasn't guaranteed me anything...so I guess I'll just ask for it. I wonder what I'll do with all that stuff once it gets here...