The government shutdown.

Right now the government is threatening to shut down their services if the budget isn't passed or something along those lines.  We are $16 TRILLION in debt, maybe it should have been shutdown some time ago.  Congress strikes me like the butt of the old joke:  "How can my checking account be overdrawn?  I still have checks."  It's our own fault, we vote in the same clowns year after year.  Some things I want you to ponder on for the evening:

Item 1:  The United States Postal Service.  For some things they are beyond compare, you want to mail a letter or a postcard to your friend next door or thousands of mile away and it's under 50 cents.  Try that with UPS or FedEx.  Supposedly their is some law passed so those two can't compete with the USPS.  If so I think we need to lose that law.  If the big two start competing with the USPS on a level playing field who would win?  Us people that are mailing things. 

Item 2:  Obamacare.  How about instead of force feeding us a product wouldn't it be better to let all of the insurance companies operate in all of the states?  Right now their is only a handful of companies I can choose from in Texas.  If all of the other companies can come here and sell wouldn't prices go down?  

Item 3:  Voter ID.  Why is it considered racist to have someone prove who they are when they vote?  There are so many other things that you have to show id for but none of those are considered racist.  I still haven't quite figured that one out.

Item 4:  Media.  "If it bleeds it leads."  What kind of business model is that?  If the gas prices go up then they talk about that, when they go down they don't mention it at all.  The media reminds me of dancers that just want to cause drama.  Those dancers didn't last long at my clubs.

Item 5:  IRS.  If you have a question with doing your taxes the IRS has a phone number to call.  They are even nice enough to tell you that if they are wrong then they are not responsible for the mistake.  The tax code is huge so I understand why someone might not know everything about their financial situation, but why doesn't the IRS?  If we make a mistake they come for us without a problem but if they make a mistake then it's our problem.

All of these issues make me wonder on a daily basis.  Maybe they will make you wonder also.