Alternatives To Spending All Your Money On Beer And Cigarettes
Bilerico Aug 07 08
I had a dollar-store variety realization the other day.
It occurred as I was contemplating who to give my next political contribution to.
My father, the Southern Baptist minister, instilled in me the importance of tithing ten percent of your earnings to the church. Now, on good days, I'm agnostic at best, and on the bad, rather convinced that if there is a god, he/she/it are of the George W. Bush laissez-faire governing style or just a sadistic malcontent (or both), so my ten percent has been languishing, in search of a home.
Instead of doing what any sensible working class capitalist would do and saving that money so I could buy my first home, I am doing what any change the world, naive lefty, is obliged to do, giving to political candidates! Many of whom, if looking at IRS tax returns as a barometer, should be giving their money to me. Full story...
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