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Makes me so mad…
Wealth gap becomes chasm at Christmas
Luxury retailers see strong demand as lower-income shoppers hunker down
So what is all this fuss about the wealthy not getting tax cuts? It is obvious they have the money to pay more taxes. Nobody wants to pay more but if you got it why be so damn greedy? Just reminds me of the old adage, “The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.”
I don’t believe tax cuts stimulate the economy or create jobs overall as this article is a small testament to. Makes me so mad!! Damn Republicans want to help their rich buddies along and screw the rest of the country.
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I love the Great Lakes!!
Last Day of Classes
Last day of classes but not the end of the semester yet. Still have exams, papers due and my internship to finish up. UGH! Luckily I only have one exam but I do have a lot of writing to do before I am done. So that is all I have been concentrating on is homework. Not too exciting. I am ready for some relaxation and fun!
I played (with UM-Flint Wind Symphony) for winter graduation yesterday. It was fun but I am glad it is over. It kind of sucks graduating in the winter – there was a big snow storm yesterday and the arena was not as full as graduations past. Of course the graduates and their families that showed up were excited.
I liked the student speaker, Myron Mann (I was in a class with him – you go Myron!); his message was ‘give back to Flint and don’t just attend school in Flint but talk bad about it to people. Don’t take from the community but not give anything back but disrespect. I like that message. I have overheard quite a few people from outlying communities put down Flint while they are going to school here. Not to mention xenophobes in rural areas who put the city down. They don’t know anything about the good things in Flint but speak poorly of it when they are too afraid to find out about the city on or too forgetful of all it has to offer or all the benefits they get from it. I will concede that there are parts of Flint that are dangerous but all places in the U.S. have those areas including rural areas. Lets just say every place has its dangers that range from closed minded attitudes to rampant drug use to barricaded gunmen to bar fights/shootings to murder.
In fact I used to work in a rural community where a lot of people who live there think a little too highly of themselves and less of the rest of the world, especially the ‘big bad city’. Little do they know is that their kids are partiers and drug users (actually I think they know it is just that hypocrisy reigns supreme in that community). I am not talking about marijauna but hard drugs, like coke. I know this because I used to hear all about the partying from my co-workers, who seemed to be innocent high schoolers but were really big time partiers. Just goes to show you that places are not always what they seem and shite happens everywhere.
That is my lesson for the day. 
The haps…
Last week was busy, and I was stressed out because I am trying to do too much so of course I can’t write as much. I spent some time on my weight loss blog – that at least is going well. There was some family drama. Nothing horrible (I can’t elaborate here now) but it was emotional for me to say the least.
The week-end was ho hum, pretty relaxing actually. My husband and I spent some quality time together though we didn’t get much done around the house. He did get our Christmas tree up so I can decorate this week-end. He pointed out to me that we have 19 big tubs of Christmas stuff. Ha. O Joy! My husband surprised me by saying he is actually in the mood for Christmas this year. I can’t believe it. 
I hope it is a good one. I don’t care about gifts, I just want it to be hassle free and spend time doing fun stuff with family and friends.
I hope it is a good one. I don’t care about gifts, I just want it to be hassle free and spend time doing fun stuff with family and friends. I didn’t get hardly any school work done at all this week-end. I basically fooled around. Shame on me!! So that means this week, including my birthday is going to be super stressful and filled with school work. I just hope and pray I can get everything done that I have to. Whew, only this week to get through and class our over. Yay!
One bright spot today – I had fun in band class. We played some student composed music. Most were arrangements of songs but there was one very good original piece (Solace) that was composed by a tuba player. I was impressed. There was also a Lady Gaga medley which would be good for a marching band. We are also getting ready to play for graduation. Call me a nerd but I love playing for graduation. Plus we are going to get paid this year too.
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