Recently I read an article in the La Crosse Tribune talking about how parking tickets are due for a big jump. And being that I have already gotten three this winter, I'm not so thrilled about this change to come. Granted each ticket was only three dollars; it still was an inconveinience to me. And if these parking fines are going to go up even more I'm going to have to be extra careful about where I park.
Another rising price is the cost of ciggarettes, I am a smoker so this does affect me too. Now the smokes have gone up before so this does not surprise me, it only makes me want to quit even more. So this price change could potentially make me healthier; so that's a plus.
I was also watching the Colbert Report last night which also gave me some insight on other changes. For example the sales of alcohol and McDonald's has gone up, but astonishingly the sale of guns has also skyrocketed. This is a bit scary to me. Since the economy is bad everyone is out drinking, eating Mickey D's, and buying guns; it just doesn't make me feel very safe. Also Colbert reported that the government is trying to tax the rich more. This only will result in angry wealthy people. Most of the rich feel that it is not fair to tax them more just because they work harder than others. That may be true but they should know by now that not everything in life is fair, and this was bound to happen eventually. It's not right to over-tax the poor who have little to begin with, now is it?
I'm just hoping that everything will work out eventually, and that this new depression will dissappear in time.
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