You know what's complete and total bullshit? The fact that if I was so much as a single day late getting my friggin tax returns in to the great state of North Carolina, I'd have someone with the Department of Revenue up my ass faster than you can say 'beancounter.' So imagine my dismay when I came across this fucking news today, my checkbook out of whack for the past 6 weeks because I figured once I e-filed my family's state tax return I'd be getting my automatic deposit "within 7 to 10 days." I pissed at anything and everything having to do with big corporate banks and government these days. I pay my taxes on time, my bills on time, and corporate America and big government is sticking it to the little people. So I started paying our mortgage within the 15-day grace period on a regular basis. I'm done busting my ass to make sure my payment is scheduled right on the last day of every month. Chances are my lender made a shitload of bad decisions in underwriting $300K loans to individuals whose only source of income came from the Assistant Manager gig at Waffle House. So my mortgage company can bite me. The state can bite me. It doesn't pay to do things the right way these days, just look at the banks. Fuck up the biggest and arguably most powerful corporations in the country by making dumbshit decisions and guess what, Uncle Sam is ready to pucker up his lips in billion-dollar handouts. It's disappointing more than anything, and I'm disappointed is all. I suppose it could be worse. Morale at the "big banks" is poor from I hear these days, and luckily we don't own any big bank stock that is trading for pennies. If anything, the past year or so has really brought out my true inner Libertarian, a positive thing. It's simple: if you fuck up, that's your own fault. It's not my fault, it's not government's fault, it's not your mamma's fault. It's your fault. We're really turning into a nation of candyasses.
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