A Speeding Ticket, And a Rant About The American Government.

I was pulled over for going 7 miles above the speed limit on an empty rural highway this morning. Naturally no warning was given and I was promptly issued a ticket by the earnest douche bag patrolman. When he drove off he flipped a u-turn through the medium, lights blazing to pluck off another "speeder". Here is the back side of the ticket:


$129 for going 7 over? Looking at the breakdown of the fees, $54 was for the actual infraction and $75 for "court cost", whatever that means; who says I'm going to court? Sounds like another government agency feels it's underfunded and is fishing for an additional revenue stream. I posed zero threat to anyone when I was "speeding" this morning. I passed some old man in a gasping old truck humming along at around 40 mph on the highway earlier, 35 mph under the speed limit. Now that guy definitely poses a threat to public safety, and to the environment judging by the coal smoke blasting out his truck's bunghole. This brings me to my current rant: why does every local, state, and national government agency need more money when they suck a combined 50% off every dollar earned?

Currently a majority of local municipalities are running a deficit. Twenty nine states are running a deficit, including California's legendary hole of $15 billion. The federal government isn't even entertaining the possibility of covering it's expenses and has simply turned the monetary printing press on overdrive, ala Argentina. Every solution the government concocts to solve any problem is to spend sickening amounts of money. The Federal Reserve has already loaned $3 trillion to shady banks and brokers; this is money that didn't even exist until they "created" it. What the hell happened to our government? I'm not sure ultimately which is worse, the government taking our legitimate money or the government simply printing new money. Right now they're doing both. Watch for additional revenue streams coming from a government entity near you!

This is the part of any good rant where the author spells out possible solutions and offers some optimism that the good folks of America can solve the huge problem spelled out. Sadly, I have no solutions and I possess no optimism. I can offer this advice: DRIVE SLOW!