Post by antamaleen on May 5, 2016 7:30:24 GMT -6
Early on at our store we had some requests for gift certificates. We were flattered and all too happy to comply. We had to get the art department working on a design immediately. Lacking an engraving department, we streamlined it straight to the printing department.
It was kind of fun, almost like creating money out of thin air, just like the Government (or is it really the Federal Reserve), and totally legal.
So if you could design and print your own 'money', who would you put on the face, if anyone?
Would you be vain and put yourself? Maybe a favorite pet? Farcical and put a political lampoon of a disliked political figure?
Maybe 'tricky D!ck' flashing his peace sign and saying I am not a crook?
I am older now, and very young back then, and I remember thinking vividly that this must be a new low mark for credibility in a President and our Government. (Watergate scandal and the President's handling of it)
Have we surpassed that yet? Do we have more or fewer people that actually trust and believe in our leaders now or back then? Do we have more or less transparency? Is there any doubt Government exists to serve us or that we exist to serve the Government?
When is it going to be time to take back what is ours and remind our public servants that they exist to serve the Public, not the other way around? We do not just exist to be squeezed tighter and tighter for more tax money. Why do we as land owners have to ask permission of the Government how we can use our land? They will evaluate how we want to use it and see how it impacts it's ability to be taxed. The more tax they can throw on it, the more likely they will like our use of our own property.
Sorry this turned into a rant, mind is running amok today.
Didn't sound like a rant to me.