National Stay at Home Day

Barbara Burton
                                                   National Stay at Home Day


Recently I heard a story that finally sent me over the edge. Rush Limbaugh, the very icon of White, Angry, Conservative, Rich and Republican, just signed a contract for upwards of 250 million dollars with a 35 million-dollar signing bonus. Is this man worth that kind of money? No wonder he and other WACRR�S are screaming for a tax cut!! Although, I�ll bet he already has a way to shelter that money enough to pay about the same amount in actual income tax as I do--I�m a waitress at a deli. To me he�s not worth two cents but to the stations that carry his syndicated show he is worth every penny, and to the sponsors of his show he�s a God, just ask Snapple!!!!

When does the American consumer say enough!!!

Have you tried to take your family to the baseball game lately?? Better eat before you go! Just tickets alone will set you back at least $100 bucks for a family of four--that�s just tickets--cheap seats, no parking, no soda, no hot dog, no program and no hat!!!!! Think about that the next time you and your buddies are talking about the 250 million that the Texas Rangers ponyed up for Alex Rodriquez. Do you think that the owner in ticket sales and concessions won�t recover that money?!?!?!

Forget about going to the game; try just buying a pair of running shoes. Nike forked over 30 million dollars to Tiger Woods in endorsements. Now he can afford a new pair everyday for the rest of his life, and I�ll bet he gets �em for free!!! Working class people buying shoes with a 900% mark-up recover the cost.

Still our politicians tell us that this tax cut will trickle down to us who are making less than $30,000 a year eventually. Do you think that they care that it�s going to have to trickle down to roughly 70% percent of working Americans? If you make under $20,000 a year forget it you won�t feel a drop!!! Still they will tell you that it�s because �you don�t pay any income taxes so why should you get any money back?�.

Well, lets think about that.

Most of the people who buy those products fall in the $20,000 to $30,000 ranges. We pay for those Nikes, and baseball tickets, Snapple's and let�s not forget food and rent (the people who own the supermarkets and leasing companies will benefit a lot from those cuts). So we provide the income required to receive the cut--and we provide much more income than the actual services and products require because of high paid endorsements and CEO salaries.

They don�t see it that way. So for one day, just one day, lets not go to work! Let�s not buy one thing! The rich folks think we don�t count. So let�s see if we do. Even if they don�t see it in their bottom line it would be fun to watch the get along for one day without the

       BUS DRIVERS            DRY CLEANER CLERKS     TEACHERS

                 GAS STATIONS ATTENDANTS                     SERVERS

             GROCERY STORE CLERKS                            RECEPTIONISTS

                   JANITORS                                                SECURITY GUARDS

                  TAXI DRIVERS                                             BABYSITTERS

               FAST FOOD WORKERS                                HOUSEKEEPING STAFF

              SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS                MINISTERS (PRIESTS DO PRETTY WELL)

            FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PICKERS             CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

And so on and so on...

That�s our money they want to get back from the government and think we don�t deserve because we don�t pay in enough. I say we�ve paid in plenty. So let�s just give it a shot. Stay home with me on August 17th and see if they can get along without us!!



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