A Furlough Friday Rap Video, From Sacramento With Love

"No one owes you anything" - Harry Browne

I'm going to venture that none of the diligent state employees in this Furlough Friday video are big fans of the great Harry Browne.

Try to choke back your tears and laughter if you're a productive member of society. Nevertheless, we should be on the lookout for increasing instances of this type of social unrest, particularly those who depend on the State for their well being...because the State is broke!

The best part is this quote from the Sacramento Bee:

Two CSU San Marcos employees, singer/songwriter Tiamo De Vettori and Josh Galea'i, have made a rap video about "Furlough Fridays." In a telephone interview with The State Worker, De Vettori said that he and Galea'i started work on the song and video last October.

6 months to produce this? If they decide to produce a short documentary about the furloughs, I wonder if they could wrap it up by 2019 or thereabouts.

Related reading: The Debt Debacle Rolls On: Socialism's Grand Finale

Taxes on Stripper Poles? Say it Ain't So!

CNN reports that states are digging deep to repair budgets that appear beyond hope. Republican Jack Murphy, a Georgia state Senator, proposed a "pole tax" that would have charged club patrons a $5 entrance fee.

Doesn't Jack realize that the cab drivers will all have $5 off coupons for the dudes they drop off?

Fortunately cooler heads prevailed, and the bill was voted down.

Now calling Mary Jane to the stage - because we know the hippy lettuce is probably next on the tax list!

Further research on this topic: BBQ, Beer, and Contrarian Investment Indicators

That'll be $5/head boys - government says so.