I believe I've mentioned before that my ahem retirement cough, cough covers the bills, but leaves little pocket money left over. To that end, I work part-time as a cashier at local grocery-slash-department store.
The point of this rambling narrative is that my old Navy injury, three crushed lumbar vertebrae resulting in permanent weakness and a galloping case of traumatic arthritis, decided that today was a great time to flare up. So after a few hours at the register, I decided to exercise a bit o' discretion and take the afternoon off.
I'm glad I did: it's a partly-sunny day, with broken overcast here and yonder. The temp's 49°, roughly normal for this time of year, and it's a beautiful day to sit in a chair with appropriate back support and read a book or two.
This evening another contractor will come by to provide a quote on drywall repair from the earthquake damage. The wheels of "disaster recovery" turn slowly, and we've just now finally been approved for our recovery loan. Strangely enough, it comes through the Small Business Administration, only after FEMA approves the original application for disaster assistance.
It's probably a good thing that the President declared the 7.1 magnitude 'quake a federal disaster, or we'd be stuck with whatever pocket change the State might have had available. Given the state of the State economy, I'm not sure we'd have gotten enough to fix anything.
Yes, Alaska by rights ought to be a wealthy place, given the abundance of oil. But successive Legislatures have spent like the proverbial drunken sailors, spreading the wealth far faster than it came in. When one combines that with our lack of a State income tax, and no sales tax, we're "suddenly" hurting.
The "suddenly" came as a surprise only to our Legislators; everyone has seen it coming down the middle of Main Street for years.
So I'll enjoy the quiet, the glimpses of sun, and the books. All y'all have a great day, too.
John 12:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit."
5 comments:
Trust a politician to spend more than they have no matter how much there is. Sorry about your injury, but glad you had some down time
Thanks, ma’am. And you’re right: they don’t have any fiscal control at all.
You do get VA disability, right? Hubby's back problems are all military related. I think 20-30%. Not much, but all the pocket change helps.
Amazing how quickly libs can squander money.
Glad to hear something is finally moving forward Reverend.
What you describe is a general malaise. I cannot think of a single government in the US that spends wisely.
It’s taken its own sweet time, Ed, but does seem to be moving forward. Re: spending, the siren call of “free” money has corrupted almost absolutely.
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