Two mornings ago I have had a glimpse into the future and it don’t look so good. Whatever disaster they pass this health care legislation will increase the power of the most notorious American entity the world has known: The I.R.S.

Five a.m. I go to get into my truck one morning to go to work to find a team of official looking men securing my vehicle onto a city tow truck. As I shake the cobwebs from my still groggy brain I see a man operating a laptop with a look of glee on his face. I approach the man with a demeanor of someone who is used to dealing with city employees knowing full well not to get loud or threatening it will only make things worse. I meekly ask the man “why are you towing my truck”? He responds ” you owe 382 dollars in parking tickets” my first reaction was nervous laughter and knew he couldn’t be serious to which he responded” yeah seriously”

Now anyone from N.Y. knows an amount like that means 3 tickets at the most and as the reality sets in I say to him “can I pay them right now”? “Sure “he responds. I take out my bank card and he tells me No! only cash. I don’t have that on me in cash what about a credit card? Cash only he says. I say to him “ok I’ll go up to 711 and get some cash and be right back” he says” we already got her on the hitch we have to tow it back to the reconciliation yard” ( notice the name of the yard? how ironic)” Fine, I’ll give you the cash when we get back to the yard “he says” your total will be 687 dollars” What? you told me that it was 382 dollars ” he responds” yeah the extra is the towing fee”

Five am I’m already down 700 dollars that I can’t afford to pay but must to do my job. Then a grim vision comes to me: It’s common knowledge that the city is going bankrupt and they’re taxing everything on Gods’ green earth. When  this federal mandate to purchase insurance goes into effect and they start to ticket people who don’t have insurance if those tickets aren’t paid they will be check points of agents who will probably work for the I.R.S. and you will be screened just like DWI check points or better still they’ll come to your house as you’re having dinner with your family and demand payment and God forbid you don’t have it they will drag you out of your own house in front of your loved ones as I’m sure the children will be scarred for life.

This is it. This will be only one of the ways we will pay for this monstrosity I shudder to think of the other methods by which they are planning to bleed us. It’s a good thing they’re focusing like a laser on jobs, jobs, jobs. That stimulus plan really worked. I finally know what it stimulated : Unemployment.

Hope and Change….Yikes!