An Open Tweet Letter to Young Voters (with image, tweets) · jimmiebjr · Storify
I was made to simply sit back and watch as this epic rant unfolded. You will be smarter after you read it.
An Open Tweet Letter to Young Voters
All those government goodies are going to cost you more than you want to pay. Here’s how you’re being played and what you can do about it
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Thanks to @GilesMcK who storified most of this little Twitter rant shortly after I finished. Go show him some love, k?
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An Open Tweet Letter to Young Voters (with image, tweets) · jimmiebjr · Storify.
Full rant:
An Open Tweet Letter to Young Voters
All those government goodies are going to cost you more than you want to pay. Here’s how you’re being played and what you can do about it
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Thanks to @GilesMcK who storified most of this little Twitter rant shortly after I finished. Go show him some love, k?
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…you can pay a fine. Umm…I mean a tax. See, the government says you *have* to pay them even if you don’t want. Even if you don’t need. -
You can’t just set money aside in case something bad happens, and pay the bill with your savings. Oh, no. You have to pay every year.
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And you’re not paying for you. You won’t use as much health care as you pay for. You’ll pay for the health care of — TA DA — your parents.
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So that policy you rode on until you were 26? Congrats. You’ll be paying for it once you get off it. More than you want or need.
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But this isn’t about your need. It’s about control, and you are not your own person any more. You’re not in control any more. You’re a cog.
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You’re a little cog in a huge machine and you have a job. Work. Work every day. For someone else. Not for you. Never for you.
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This is your life now. You belong to THE MAN. You take THE MAN’s wage, go to THE MAN’s doctor, retire when THE MAN says.
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You buy what THE MAN allows you to buy, drive the car THE MAN wants you to drive, watch movies THE MAN says get made.
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Sucks, huh? Sucks hard. Well, you did choose it. You liked it on Facebook and RTed it on Twitter, and up-voted it on Reddit.
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You sucked down the happy juice and shared it with all your friends and now…what? What’s it look like for you?
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Look, I’ll be honest. This new world THE MAN has put together, it’s pretty good for folks like me. I’m heading into the sweet spot.
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I’m about in my mid-40s now. I should be starting businesses and hiring you guys and setting you up for your own businesses and success.
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I should have loads of disposable income on which I can shower you. Buy your stuff. I’m tech-savvy. I want your apps and tunes and movies.
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But that tax bite is tearing me down, setting me up for when I’m in my 60s and you’re paying my freight. I hate that.
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Let me say that again. I hate that. With a passion you can’t even begin to imagine. I want it to be different. I want to help you succeed.
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I want to teach you every single trick I know and I want you to rock the whole freaking planet. I want you to invent and cure and live.
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I want to kick this world in its ass and get it moving then hand you the torch so you can light the fuse and make it really take off.
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I can’t do it without you, though. I need your help. I need your enthusiasm, energy, humor, and savvy. I have lots of my own. I need more.
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Seriously, we can fix this. We can make things right. We can put the country back in your hands and in mine. We can. WE CAN!
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Listen to me. WE CAN DO THIS.
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You have to stop buying the hype. You have to push your friends and family to stop buying the hype. I promise I’ll do the same. Promise.
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I will not leave you hanging. I will not abandon you. Get right beside me and let’s do this. Let’s throw those control freaks out. Every one
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I don’t give a rat’s ass what their party is. Democrat, Republican, don’t matter. If they want to control your life or mine, they’re done
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Washington can not make the calls anymore. They’re blown it. Wrecked the whole thing. Look around. See the #Fail.
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They blew it and they don’t get a second chance. End their careers. Throw them out and all their puling little bureaucrat buddies.
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Get on my shoulder. We will handle our business. We got this. You know we do.
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Really, the only question today is: ARE YOU READY TO DO THIS? I think you are. Let’s go.
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BY the way, I’m not telling you to follow me. I’m not even asking. CRap, the last thing I want is for you to follow me. Stop following.
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Following is what got us into this godawful mess. We follow too much. We get in line too often. Don’t follow me. Do. Not.
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Get beside me. Cover my flank. Get my back. Get your friends’ backs. Cover each other. Everyone moves forward. Lead. Go. Do.
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Don’t ask permission from anyone. Not me. Not a politician. Not a so-called leader.
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You like what I’m doing? Share it. Make stuff like it. Share that. Build your own groups. You do it. Yes, you.
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You’re not a leader? Cool. Neither am I. I don’t know what I am. I’m just a guy. I blog. I write. I do a podcast. I tweet.
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But I figure if there are enough of us who look at the control-freaks right in their beady, greedy eyes and shout “NO!!!!!”, we’ll win.
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So, there. That’s all.
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