What about me?

 

Seems while we wait for our number to be called to get jabbed, the bank is opening up the vault and everyone wants his or her share of the wealth.

No one care how that money got in there but everyone wants some.

Why not?

If they are handing out cash then fill up my wallet.

Is it greed or just your right to a piece of the pie?

The list of priorities of the division of funds to needed upgrades; repair forgotten maintenance, wishful projections and a little something for everyone.

The first notification of getting a FREE check for $1,400 sounded great. Win the lottery and you didn’t have to buy a ticket.

A handout is something given freely or distributed free to those in need.

It can refer to government welfare or a charitable gift, and it may take the form of money, food, or other necessities.

During the Great Depression, many people lived entirely on handouts of one kind or another when they could not afford to buy food. The term became especially popular among hobos, who developed a system of signs and symbols to describe the nature, quantity, and availability of handouts.

The term “handout” is used specifically in sociology and welfare analysis to identify direct payments or provision of goods, and to distinguish them from other forms of welfare support such as low-interest loans, subsidized housing, or medical care. 

However, some people who feel it has a negative connotation, with the implication that a handout is unearned and undeserved. “Give a hand up, not a handout” is a common remark among proponents of workfare or other welfare-to-work systems.

Another dichotomy characterization is “to be lifted up by a rope” vs stepping up onto a “ladder of opportunity”. A well-known saying along this line is “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”.

The term “government handout” is often applied to welfare systems as well as corporate welfare or pork.

So while the cash is flowing lets fix up the schools. Let us fix up the roads. Let us fix up the plumbing. Let us fix up the wiring. Let us fix up the churches.

No matter how much money they throw at us, we will still be angry and jealous and envious and downright hateful because money cannot buy emotion.

So while they ask for more taxes from the unemployed and pledge to end poverty and inequality you don’t want to give away your weapons.

Get in line with the next one who wants as much as they righteously deserve and plead your case.

Don’t worry if the check bounces.