In the military they have a saying "shit runs down hill". That is another way of describing the formal military management structure. The General never gets the blaim for anything. It is always the fault of a "direct report" or some poor bastard at the bottom of the chain of command.
You have to feel sorry for the guy at the bottom. He gets all the abuse and no credit. Yep, that is me. I am a charter member of the "bottom" society.
Our government has a budget that will have a $1 trillion deficit for the first time this year. The deficit is still getting bigger. You and I will have to pay for the spending indulgence. We are all destined to remain on the bottom.
I decided to check the savings rate at my Credit Union. Instead of keeping a larger balance in checking, I could put money in savings account and transfer as needed. I could get a whopping .65% interest. That is "point 65%" annually. It means if I put $1000 in my savings account at the Credit Union, it would earn $6.50 per year. That comes to 50 cents per month interest. Two lousy quarters. I definitely am at the bottom of the chain.
I just heard that the Indiana Pacers (NBA basketball team) was chastised for not having more blacks on the team. Blacks were being discriminated against. Excuse me! The last time I looked, the NBA had 85-90% black players. Seems to me the whites are being discriminated against. Come on! I obviously never had a chance to make it in the NBA. I can blame it on reverse discrimination with my being white keeping me at the "bottom".
A lady in some community out East (apparently a very nice neighborhood) decided to hang her "wash" outside to dry. She loved the smell of fresh linens and clothing and it saved energy. It was a return to techniques used before dryers. There is a group of women in the neighborhood that think the garments hanging on a clothes line is unsightly and they want the lady to stop the practice. There go my plans to hang our wash outside in our neighborhood. Some complaining bitch will keep me on the bottom.
The lesson Grasshoppers is that there is a social strata. At the top are some very influencial and rich people. At the bottom and the disadvantaged and "not so rich". The key when you are at the bottom is don't look up. You might just get a shovel full of something.
Of course I'm just spoofing. I think people who have to "make do" with less learn more about life and certainly have more fun. Hug that special person next to you: the One/Ones who make life worthwhile. You need someone to help you shovel.
Love,
Dad