Um, That's My Stool

These are tough economic times for everyone, there's no doubt there. And this new president isn't helping things with his run-away deficit spending, I'll tell you what. This is not the change we voted for! But seriously folks, a lot of people are hurting, and the people I feel most sorry for are small business owners, especially the brave men and women trying to run an unprofitable bar, mini market, or "deli."

Why these people in particular, you ask? Because they have to deal with the tyrannical Oregon state lottery bureaucracy. Can you imagine working with those bastards every day or week or month or whatever? Talk about your tough Jobs! (Pause for biblical-based laughter). That's why when I read that the state was even thinking of reducing the amount of money it cuts to retailers for hosting video lottery games, I knew I had to blog about it. Unless Defazio plans to hold a town hall on the subject, which I doubt he has the courage to do, then this is my best vehicle for expressing outrage. (Just for the record: TORT REFORM!!!)

The last thing we need is more government interference in how we run businesses in this state, and the state threatening to take away or slightly reduce their payments to these businesses is fascism at its worst. A lot of these smaller bars and restaurants will not be able to stay open if the state reduces its payments. Just to make myself clear here, a lot of these business do not have a customer base outside of their Oregon video lottery sales sufficient enough to stay open. And now the state of Oregon wants to stomp on their dreams with their heavy boot of thuggery by keeping more of that money in the state coffers. These bureauthugs must not realize that these businesses are so unprofitable that even a slight reduction in payment - although certainly still an economic benefit to the businesses - might mean the difference between staying open and closing. And then where will the employees of these businesses be? On the state dole, that's where, being supported by citizens like you and me! Which is, of course, the Democrat's whet dream. When we are all living on the dole, then we'll all be voting Democrat to keep those payments flowing.

Let me ask those smart state bureaunazis this, when you've driven every unprofitable bar, mini market, and deli-style video gaming parlour out of business, what will we have then? One word - Communism.