Money Wise

Many are not happy with the current state of America.  Candidate Obama promised Hope and Change.  There's been plenty of change, but it isn't the change many hoped for.  I think the biggest reason for the let down and disappointment is, he's clearly just a placeholder who is protected by political correctness.  There is no way to make a claim against this man without being classified and labeled as something horrible, in the name of tolerance.

If I had a dollar for every person who said, "Well we all can't just drop out and leave the grid . . ."  Strange how becoming less dependent is now considered dropping out.  I've hardly dropped out.  I'm more vocal than I've ever been, and I can share it with the world from my obscure little homestead.  I didn't relocate and double my work load to drop out.  Hardly!  I'm working out the bugs and recapturing what our society lost, to be able to share it and offer an alternative to utter and total dependence.  The fact that I don't vote, doesn't mean I don't care.  It doesn't mean I've given up.  It means I recognize the fact:  "the lesser of two evils is still evil."  I'm not counting on Washington DC to do anything except continue in the momentum of being on the wrong side of the fulfillment of prophecy.  I've gone a step further and I've been hesitant to share it, but I will today.

In 2003, I determined that I would live below the federal poverty level, so as not to fund things I don't believe in, like unjust wars, gay rights, and abortion.  I'm not alone in this.  I still pay FICA and state tax, I just don't have an income that exceeds the federal tax guidelines.  That may prove to be an added blessing when the penalty for no Obamacare is assessed.  I've been at this for over a decade now and living quite comfortably.  Instead of pouring money into action groups that appear to be ineffective, I'm cutting the funding.  Every group in Washington is just part of the big MONOPOLY game.

The Other 1 Percent has realized we do not need Big Corporate Lobbyists to buy politicians.  I don't have to be a millionaire to be heard.  If Washington DC wants to treat us like peasants, let them.  I know how to be effective with my dollars!  They can't keep printing money, forever.  The more simply I live, the better I feel and the more freedom I have.  Technically, I don't have more freedom than any other American, but I certainly have less bondage than much of society.  Dependency is bondage.  Here's the really great thing about the decision I made.  I actually have more to share now . . .