The Social Security Lie

 For those of you not living in Central PA, the weather for this holiday weekend is great.  Temps in the high 80s (F).  Full sunshine.  Low humidity.  Of course I have to work.  I'm scheduled off Tuesday through Saturday.  The threat of thunderstorms will be returning on, as you might expect, Tuesday, and will increase throughout the week.   

I did get my lawn mowed on Thursday morning.  My friend Justin did not show up to help trim the large holly bush out front.  I think I mentioned that he had a serious brain bleed (stroke) so this is how his brain works now.  I will probably start trimming back the branches on Tuesday, when the humidity returns.

So, what did I do yesterday to celebrate our nation's birthday?  Nothing very patriotic.  I did get a good upper body workout in, Garmin called it intense.  My arms and shoulders are still a bit... not sore, but I can still feel the individual muscles when I move them.  This is actually a good thing.

My new controller will be arriving today while I'm at work.  I switched to an old spare controller, but it, too, has its problems.  Instead of constantly moving forward like the really bad one, Occasionally the line of sight on this one will move upwards until you're looking straight up.  

Last evening I talked to my friend Betsy and, as usual, politics came up.  Not having checked her email for the day, she hadn't yet seen that politicized email sent out by the Social Security Administration.

For those of you who are not retired, every retiree in the country with an email address got an email extolling the virtues of Orangie's shit stain legislation.  It actually claimed that we would not get tax free Social Security.  That's a blatant lie.  Even main stream media was pointing it out.  Instead of actually making Social Security tax free for those of us who work, Republicans are giving us an additional deduction which will reduce the amount of tax we pay in to the IRS. Oh, and this wonderful tax relief is going to expire in 2 years.  They see it as a way to get you to vote Republican just when Orangie is about to leave office.  They are a conniving bunch, aren't they.

   

Celebrating our first No Kings Day

 The weather for today is supposed to be very nice, temps in the mid 80s (F), no clouds, the perfect day for a holiday.  Hhmm.

I never work on Fridays, though the store is open today.  I will get holiday pay, which is nice.  I am going to zip over to Giant after I post this because I need juice, and a couple of other things.

As far as plans go, well, for me today is just like any other day.  I'll get a upper body workout in.

The Tour de France starts today, though I got rid of my Peacock.  So, I might have to sign up for another month.  Maybe I'll get a trial month free, that would be nice.

For those who don't know, July 4 celebrates are Independence, the day we broke away from the British Empire.  It is the original No Kings Day.  Unfortunately for us in America, we now have a moral degenerate in the White House who is trying to be a king, or worse, a dictator.  Many conservatives have no problem with either of those two.  They believe that's the only way they can force their will upon the people.  They will find out they are wrong.

This was the largest transfer of wealth from the lower and middle classes to the upper class in America's history.  Billionaires are neither benevolent or beneficent, but the really do want you to be beholding to them.

The Guardian said that this piece of legislation might give America a brief sugar high, but there was no stopping the down days.  The great orange retailer I work for said they were not going to raise prices because of the tariffs; that was a lie.  You should see the prices on our carpet and our mosaic tile.  Where prices haven't gone up, holes are appearing.  This is happening all across the country, and those billionaires?  They don't give a shit.