TANSTAAFL

Okay so this drug regimen not only leaves you flat on your ass, it is also well-known for producing insomnia, depression, and general irkiness. A fairly interesting combination, and one well-suited to my general disposition. Might as well just roll with it then. So.

The thing that truly bothers me the most (right now anyway) about the whole Democratic nomination debacle is that once again we have 2 candidates desperately trying to sell us the same old bill of goods. It’s a simple formula, but a time-tested favorite. It relies on only 2 statements:
1.) I’m going to give you (insert whatever it is you want here), and
2.) I’m going to make someone else pay for it

Now I want you to ponder these two statements for a minute. Take your time. No pressure. It’s a happy thought, yes? You get goodies. Someone else buys. Nice. Feels pretty good, doesn’t it?

Now imagine yourself in a car dealership and hear those words coming from the lips of any human being within say 500 yards.

Still feel good? If so, I have a couple of hijacked eBay accounts where I’m selling widescreen plasma TVs for as little as $300 + FREE shipping worldwide. Just go to www.ebay.com/dontbeaf*ingidiot. Somebody must believe that shit because I can pull up a minimum of 300 hijacked seller accounts offering all that and so much more at any given moment. Those guys aren’t bothering to hijack all those accounts for nothing. They are raking in megabucks with those lies.

eBay scammers are not so very different from every Senator and Representative in Congress, on either side of the aisle.

Keep in mind that both of these potential Democratic nominees are US Senators. They know perfectly well how the game is played. You don’t get to the Democratic Convention without being a damn fine player yourself. Which in some ways is a plus. Unlike your typical Governor, they are already quite familiar with the glacial pace of change in Washington. They know for a fact that there will be no earth-shattering change. There will be no serious budget cuts. US Senators know exactly what happens to a US Senator who has to go home and campaign for reelection after s/he has voted to cut school lunch programs, auto manufacturing subsidies, or *gasp* Social Security and Medicare entitlements. The people whose programs you cut won’t vote for you. The corporations that paid for your TV ads promoting all those lies will pay someone else to lie after you take away their subsidies and tax their earnings. There will be no drastic change. There can’t be. If there is, it will only change right back on the next election cycle anyway.

There is no $300 widescreen plasma TV with FREE shipping worldwide. There never was. There’s an acronym well known to economists, however, and that is: TANSTAAFL. There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. There never was. Somebody’s going to pay.

Go back to the car dealership now. Who do you think that somebody is going to be?