Save Our Bettys

Warning: I am about to bitch loudly and in detail about taxes, human nature, economics, and why the Token Conservative in my household last night makes me headdesk. I have also not had breakfast (my bagel fell on the ground in the parking lot) and am feeling generally crabby because of my Bang, my NaNo and my hair still being wet this morning. So.

Here's the deal. I am Liberal. Super-Liberal, Progressive, Etc. Most of my family is. Even Papa, who is technically Republican, has not voted that way since Clinton. In my household, there is only one Conservative, my cousin Devon. She does not much like politics, and so I do not much discuss them with her. But on Election night, it's essentially unavoidable. As these things do, the subject of Taxation arose.

Her stance is that raising taxes on the rich means lower profits means fewer jobs. She is a hair stylist, and her boyfriend was a small business owner who fixed gutters for a living. (He is now a manager with a national company.) For some reason, she seemed to think that raising taxes on the wealthy will hurt them both. Besides that, it's not faaaaaair.

This is an extended version of how I replied.
( ... and Taxes. )

NaNo: Day 3

Aaaaaargh. Posted my RBB fic. I am so not satisfied with it, but I'm afraid I'm burning out. D:

NaNo was a Struggle For Words. I was horribly distracted by politics. D: I am definitely off on my characterizations, and will have to fix that as soon as NaNo is done. For now, I will try to fix the rest as I go. :( I also realized today that my vampires are keeping secrets from me. Again Grrrrr. I hate it when they do that. It will probably end up being nothing, but still!

I'm also a little worried by how slow it starts. :\ I may have to work on that later. This is far, faaaaar from my best writing, y'all.

Today, I reached 5,135 words, which means I wrote 1,724. It is barely word count, but that is what counts. Maybe when I am less grouchy, this will go better.
( Today's Spoiler )