And Now at Twice the Price!
P.J. O’Rourke writes about how paying twice has become an inescapable part of the modern welfare state, one that he feels will only grow under the Obama Administration. For example, public safety:
At school, home, or work, the most important purpose of government is to protect your person and property. That’s what the police department is for. And you get to pay the police and pay for burglar alarms, private security patrols, and guard dogs, such as our family guard dog, Pinky-Wink. (For the information of any prospective robbers of the O’Rourke house, Pinky-Wink isn’t really a Mexican Hairless. He’s . . . um . . . a Rhodesian Ridgeback, weighing 100 . . . make that 150 . . . pounds. Uh, the kids named him. Stop yapping, Pinky-Wink.)
A must read, and something to laugh about while the bills just keep piling up.
