Money Troubles

So I heard on the news this morning that just as AIG is asking for another kajillion dollars from NY state (yes, I am using a non-sensical number on purpose to make my point), it comes out in Congressional hearings that some of their employees have been out at some shi-shi resort in Cali getting manis, pedis, and massages for a grand total of nearly half a million dollars. And the company is planning another one at the Marriott in Half Moon Bay, CA. Now, in fairness, AIG says the money they used didn't come from us taxpayers. Really? Do I have STUPID on my forehead somewhere? Does it matter if THAT $400 grand didn't come from us, because I'm more than positive they could have found something a teeny bit more important than personal hygiene to spend that money on. This is my issue for today, why is that us lowly plebs are working as hard as we can to make ends meet, scrimping on everything we can find, considering 2nd jobs just to pay car and house payments, making payment arrangments on gas and electrical bills, and these SHMUCKS are off getting pampered?

You know who needs to be pampered? My husband. He works usually 50 hours a week, goes to college at least six more hours in the week to try and get his master's degree, comes home and is an amazing husband and father to Grayson, Olivia, and Xavier. This shouldn't be so hard to do in America. It honestly used to be that if you were determined and worked hard, that effort would pay off and you would eventually not have to work so hard. When does that happen now? I mean I went back to school to change careers so I'm fine with the $4 / hour paycut I took to start at the ground floor of the Paralegal profession. I mean its hard but I have to tighten the belt a little bit to make it work. Thank God I have my family who is amazing and wonderful, who helps me out when they can.

I think this whole country is in the same position my family is and it makes me angry. Why do the politicians and CEOs get billions of dollars when the policies and actions they have taken are clearly failing and we are paying more for everything? I'm not just taking about luxuries but everyday items like food and utilities. I think the CEOs need to live in a one bedroom apartment with their families and have to walk to work in wal-mart clothes and payless sneakers for a while, and the rest of us average peeps should get their lives. We could call it the CEO to Average Schmo Exchange Program. I'd be happy to be the administratrix of this program! I wouldn't even need a golden parachute, just a week in that same spa the AIG folks got and I'd be happy to come back to my regular life as Emily.