The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

I've spent a lot of time recently talking about government spending and how it's my belief (and the numbers back me up on this) that we overspend on defense. This all started with a blog I wrote a couple weeks back in light of the talk concerning the budget and deficit. Two people then debated me on the issue at a bar this past weekend. A couple days later, I read and wrote about an article concerning the $436 million Congress is proposing we spend on additional Abrams army tanks the army says it doesn't need. That brings me to today, where I read a report regarding where our tax dollars went in 2012. In 2012, some of the spending went as follows: - 19% of the budget was spent on defense ($689 billion) - 7% was spent on benefits for federal retirees and veterans ($254 billion) - 3% was spent on infrastructure ($109 billion) - 2% was spent on education ($73 billion) - 2% was spent on science and medical research ($73 billion) Those numbers aren't typos. In ...

 Here's the fourth and final poem I wrote last night: "The Fall" Words emanate from my mouth, The origin being my heart, Leaving myself open to pain, As I become vulnerable, My feelings strengthen, Which my words and actions showcase, As I begin to fall, In your direction, For every moment that we share, I fall a bit further, Praying that you catch me, That you accept my love, Gifts I give, Poems I write, Expressing my innermost thoughts and feelings, The ground closing in, I look up for acceptance, Look up for love, Before an agonizing pain fills me, As I fall to the ground.